Somebody please tell these India TV editors to get a life and show some real news.
Welcome to one more step towards superior spoken English skills.
The phrase we discuss in this post is, “Get a life”.
Who would you ask to get a life – apparently, then one who doesn’t have a life. What could that mean?
If someone says something very boring or lame or is stuck up on something unimportant or insignificant, you’d admonish him by saying, “Get a life”. It is basically equivalent to saying, “Do something more interesting in life rather than being stuck with the useless stuff that you are clinging to right now”. Essentially saying that stop being held up with small things in life, take up a bigger challenge, do something more exciting. It is almost a minor insult.
Let’s take some examples:
- Get a life. The world has reached the space and you are still stuck with whether one should eat non-veg on a Thursday or not.
- Get a life! Stop being such a bore. Your son is grown up now. He would have his friends, his own life, his own aspirations. You cannot expect him to forever be clinging to your shirt.
Use this phrase when you want someone to change their thinking, broaden it and focus on the real important things in life rather than the trifles.
Some more examples:
- Someone please tell these Panchayats to get a life. There are so many problems afflicting humans and they are beating their chests over how a young boy can marry a girl of his choice.
- Both the religious leaders and their teeming followers need to get a life and do something concrete. May be they need to take up a real job instead of worrying about danger to their religion or culture or tradition.
- Someone please tell these facebook warriors to get a life and do something real.
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