Idioms with get

Telling someone that they

should try to understand the true facts of a situation and not hope for what is impossible

“_________! He's never going to give you the money”.

• Get real

• Get your own way

• Get on someone's nerves

To improve the quality of one's social and professional life: often used in the imperative to express impatience with someone's behavior

"You can't just live in Mom and Dad's basement playing video games forever- you need to go out and________”.

• Get nowhere

• Get a life

• Get on somebody's nerves

To have no success at all in doing something, to make no progress

"After months of work, I have _______ with my research.”

• Gotten real

• Gotten a life

• Gotten nowhere

To irritate someone.

“Stop laughing! You are _________”.

• Getting your own way

• Getting on my nerves

• Getting along like a house on fire

To start to organize yourself so that you do things in an effective way

“You are so disorganized - I wish you'd __________”.

• Get along like a house on fire

• Get nowhere

• Get your act together

Very well; excellently.

“Gary and my Aunt Janice are friends. They ___________”.

• Get the message

• Get along like a house on fire

• Get on somebody's nerves

To move, proceed, or work faster; to hurry

“We've got to ___________ if we want to finish this project by the end of the week”.

• Get our act together

• Get the message

• Get a move on

To get old; understand the age you have

“My mom is _______ her real age”.

• Getting on

• Getting your own way

• Getting a move on

To understand what is implied by a remark or action

“OK, I __________. I'll start looking for somewhere else to stay.”

• Get your own way

• Get the message

• Get nowhere

Get or do what one wants in spite of opposition

“You always ___________when it comes to dividing responsibilities for group assignments.”

• Get a life

• Get your own way

• Get a move on