climb on the bandwagon
Meaning: To join the crowd in following a popular position, cause, activity, or fashion.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Daily Life
Origin: The expression is often uncomplimentary. A person who is described as climbing on the bandwagon has not joined the crowd out of commitment, but out of peer pressure.
More idioms — Daily Life
- close shave — A narrow escape.
- closed-minded — Unwilling to consider new ideas.
- come full circle — To return (figuratively) to a point where one has been before.
- come home to roost — To return to cause trouble.
- come out of one's shell — To stop being shy.
- come out smelling like a rose — To avoid blame that one deserves; to seem innocent.
More English idioms
- clown around — To act silly.
- come off it! — A response to a statement that cannot be believed (sentence 1) or a behavior that must be…
- cool one's heels — To wait.
- cornered — Trapped with no means of escape.
- cream of the crop — The best.
- cross one's fingers — To hope for luck.
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