soft shoulder
soft shoulder
An unpaved lane or area on the side of a road, often a highway, where drivers can stop their vehicles in emergency situations. I think you've got a flat tire. You'd better pull over on to the soft shoulder. I came to a stop on the soft shoulder because it was raining so hard I couldn't see.
See also: shoulder, soft
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- shoulder
- calm down
- think before (one) (does something)
- be out of (one's) league
- be out of somebody's league
- been to the rodeo
- rodeo
- be all
- be all like
- come with