📚 verb • entry_id 38461
wake up and smell the coffee
/ˈweɪk ʌp n̩ ˈsmɛl ðə ˈkɒfi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
abrir los ojos • despertar y oler el café
Often in the infinitive or imperative: to face reality and stop deluding oneself.
A few years back, when a wife told her husband to "wake up and smell the coffee," it usually was said in utter derision. Now, when there is coffee to smell, she shouts it to him in…
Your paper gains "notice" as an example of the use of English as it should not be written nor spoken. Wake up and smell the coffee.
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