A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

transported by something • transported with
something
transported by something —(of goods or people) carried from
one place to another by a car, train, etc.: Field artillery has
also been transported by sleighs, as in Canada.
transported with something —(liter.) overcome with some
strong emotion: On hearing of the victory, the nation was
transported with joy.
travel over the land • travel overland
travel over the land —pass through many parts of the coun-
try: At the time of the alleged events described in the gospels,
scores of preachers traveled over the land of Israel.
Note:
The expression is not equivalent in meaning to the phrase
travel all over the land
— pass through or visit every part of the
country: To travel all over the land in search of wealth was one
thing but to stay there was something quite different.
travel overland —travel across the solid part of the earth’s
surface (contrasted with traveling by sea): Judging from
Marco’s account, they most likely traveled overland through
Armenia and Persia to Hormuz.
tread on someone’s heels • tread on someone’s toes
tread on someone’s heels —follow a person very closely: We
were walking up the hill, and our pace was much the same —
I was treading on his heels without much effort.
tread on someone’s toes —offend a person by treating him
insensitively: As I was mentally formulating responses to it, I
also became aware that I should be careful not to tread on his
toes.
tread water • walk on water
tread water —
1
. keep one’s head above water by remaining
upright and pumping the legs: Two common ways of treading
water are kicking extended legs back and forth and also kicking
in an alternating manner, one leg at a time. 2. expend some
effort but not make much progress: I realized that I was just
treading water there in New Jersey — this isn’t really what we
want to be doing.
walk on water —do wonders; perform an impossible: Just
look at the job ads for executives in today’s newspapers — they
almost expect you to walk on water!