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generation gap
The difference in opinions, values, or behavior between younger and older people
“Many family arguments happen because of the GENERATION GAP”
get a charley horse
To develop a cramp in the arm or the leg
“I GOT A CHARLEY HORSE during the run.”
get a foot in the door
To get an opportunity or position that can lead to further success
“I just want to GET A FOOT IN THE DOOR”
get a grip
To control your emotions; to gain control of a situation
“You need to GET A GRIP on yourself”
get a handle on
To start to understand and deal with a situation or problem
“I'm trying to GET A HANDLE ON this situation.”
get a life
To stop wasting a lot of time in useless or boring or trivial works
“You work over 100 hours a week, dude, GET A LIFE”
get a move on
To hurry
“We need to GET A MOVE ON, frankly.”
get a word in edgewise
Be able to say something while someone else is talking a lot
“I couldn't GET A WORD IN EDGEWISE.”
get along
To have a satisfactory relationship with someone
“We don't always GET ALONG”
get away with murder
To do something wrong without punishment
“She GETS AWAY WITH MURDER”
get back to nature
To return to a simpler lifestyle
“We're GETTING BACK TO NATURE”
get bent out of shape
Become angry, upset
“Don't GET BENT OUT OF SHAPE about it”
get carried away
Become overly enthusiastic
“I GOT CARRIED AWAY with the spending.”
get cold feet
To suddenly become nervous or afraid to do something you had planned to do
“I was going to ask her out, but I GOT COLD FEET”
get cracking
To start working quickly
“LET'S GET CRACKING”
get down to business
To start working seriously
“LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS”
get even
To get revenge
“I'LL GET EVEN with him”
get in on the ground floor
Invest in or join something while it is still small
“He GOT IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR of the startup”
get in shape
Undertake a program of physical conditioning; exercise regularly
“I need to GET IN SHAPE, apparently.”
get off my back
Stop annoying or criticizing someone; leave someone alone
“GET OFF MY BACK.”
get off scot free
Be accused of wrongdoing but pay no penalty at all
“He GOT OFF SCOT FREE”
get on nerves
Tick someone off; annoy someone
“Its loud ringtone is GETTING ON MY NERVES”
get one's ducks in a row
Have everything organized; get oneself organized
“I need to GET MY DUCKS IN A ROW first.”
get out of dodge
To leave
“I knew it was time to GET OUT OF DODGE.”
get out of hand
To become difficult to control
“The situation GOT OUT OF HAND quickly.”
get out of the wrong side of the bed
To be in a bad mood; to wake up grumpy
“Did you GET OUT OF THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED today?”
get real
To be realistic
“GET REAL, that will never happen”
get rid of
To remove something or someone
“He finally GOT RID OF the door to door salesman”
get someone's goat
To irritate someone deeply
“He really GETS MY GOAT with that attitude.”
get something off your chest
To tell someone something that has been bothering you
“I need to GET THIS OFF MY CHEST.”
get the ball rolling
To start something
“Let's GET THE BALL ROLLING on this.”
get the hang of
To learn how to do something
“I'm GETTING THE HANG OF this”
get the picture
To understand the situation
“Do you GET THE PICTURE?”
get the show on the road
To start an activity or project
“Let's GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD”
get through
To make it to the end of a particularly arduous or stressful experience
“We didn't think we would GET THROUGH the last week”
get to grips with
To begin to understand and deal with something
“I need to GET TO GRIPS WITH this software.”
get to know
Receiving the information; becoming familiar with someone
“It took me a while to GET TO KNOW my in-laws”
get your act together
To get organized; to stop wasting time and start being effective
“You need to GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER”
get your ducks in a row
To be well organized
“I need to GET MY DUCKS IN A ROW first.”
get your feet wet
To begin taking part in a new activity
“You've decided to GET YOUR FEET WET and enrolled”
get your hands dirty
To do hard or unpleasant work
“You need to GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY”
get your head around
To understand something difficult
“I can't GET MY HEAD AROUND this concept.”
get your oats
To get what you need; to have sexual intercourse
“He's GETTING HIS OATS regularly now”
ghost town
A place with no people
“The city became A GHOST TOWN”
gift of the gab
The ability to speak easily and confidently so people like and trust what you say
“The candidate's GIFT OF THE GAB helped her”
gild the lily
To try to improve something that's already good
“Don't GILD THE LILY”
gilt-edged
Describes an investment or asset that is considered to be of the highest quality and very secure
“The company's GILT-EDGED bonds are highly sought after”
give a hand
To help someone
“Can you GIVE me A HAND with these boxes?”
give and take
Negotiations, the process of compromise
“A relationship requires GIVE AND TAKE”
give it a rest
To stop talking about something
“GIVE IT A REST already”