bump in the road

Definitions

1. 1

   A setback or obstacle, especially one which is relatively minor.

   • "The stock market has gone down, but it's just a bump in the road," she says.
   • Ms. Leopold . . . said today that she saw the attack, for which she received more than 50 stitches, as more of a bump in the road than a serious deterrence to her goal.
   • If there is a potential bump in the road for the NBA in the UK, it is its lack of a television deal.
2. 2

   A very small town.

   • "We're such a small bump in the road that driving through Sylvester is like hitting an armadillo at 60 miles an hour," drawls local businessman David Register.
   • "Believe it or not, that ugly little town was the county seat originally, when Pickax was only a bump in the road."
   • The town of Juliette, Ga., wasn't even on the map until after 1991. . . . Now, the one-stop-sign bump in the road is officially marked along Georgia's long and lonesome Highway 16.

The neighborhood

• synonymone-horse town
• synonymremote place