perilous journey
Dangerous long voyage
A perilous journey is a trip fraught with danger or risk.
The phrase appears in adventure narratives, myths, and religious texts describing treacherous passages: The hobbits began their perilous journey to Mordor.
It can describe literal travel through hazardous terrain or metaphorical passages through difficult life circumstances: the perilous journey from addiction to recovery.
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- questSeeking journey for something
- voyageJourney by sea
rough seas · hazardous · arduous · dangerous · long road · trek · pilgrimage · passage · crossing · narrow escape · wilderness · uncharted territory · survival · life or death · storm · shipwreck · mountains · desert
- adventureadventure, quest, quests, exploration, explorers
- story tropesquest, plot twist, chosen one, red herring, revenge plot
- heroic questquest, odyssey, call to adventure, departure, return
- featsfeat, stunt, exploit, daring feat, deed
- knighthoodknight, knights, knight errant, knights errant, Templars
- medieval knightsknight, knights, armor, sword, swords
perilous journeysafe passage
Protected transit through danger
safe journey · safe travels · Sunday drive · leisurely stroll · walk in the park
peril, perils, perilously, imperil, imperiled, imperiling, imperils, journey, journeys