单词 | to get real |
释义 | > as lemmasto get real P6. slang (originally U.S.). to get real: to be realistic or serious; to face facts; to abandon a naive, insincere, or erroneous opinion. Now frequently in imperative, used to suggest that an idea or statement is foolish, overly idealistic, or quite wrong.Cf. sense A. 11e. ΚΠ 1969 Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) 3 6 Get real, to tell the truth. 1980 Maledicta 3 ii. 222 The aggressiveness of the younger ass-bandit who wants to score in sex as a game is, in the older homosexual, taken as evidence he is a dizzy queen who doesn't know when to quit (how to live or when to die) and won't get real (face facts). 1987 K. Lette Girls' Night Out (1989) 89 ‘Shit, Jo. I didn't know he meant anything to you.’ ‘Get real. He doesn't.’ 1993 Caves & Caving Winter 40/1 For those who feel that politics have no place in caving or other sporting activities—get real! 1998 C. Aherne et al. Royle Family Scripts: Series 1 (1999) Episode 4. 112 Denise: I'll tell you who else is gay. Dave: Who? Denise: Antony. Antony: Get real. 2002 Village Voice (N.Y.) 36/2 Again at war in the Middle East, the U.S. could decide to get real about investing in alternative fuels. < as lemmas |
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