a rolling stone (gathers no moss)
old-fashioned sayingsaid to mean that a person who is always travelling and changing jobs has the advantage of having no responsibilities, but also has disadvantages such as having no permanent place to live:
Hal was a bit of a rolling stone before he married and settled down.
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Travellers & visitors
- backpacker
- carpool
- commuter
- daily passenger
- fare
- flyer
- frequent flier
- grief tourist
- hitchhike
- hobo
- holidaymaker
- office-goer
- passenger
- peripatetic
- pilgrim
- pioneer
- tinker
- tourist office
- vacationer
- visitor
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Nomadic & alternative lifestyles