wake up and smell the coffee
- wake up and smell the coffee
wake up and smell the coffee (slang)
To become aware of the reality of the situation.
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[usu. in imperative] informal become aware of the realities of a situation, however unpleasant
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wake up and smell the coffee — see
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US informal : to realize the truth about your situation : to become aware of what is really happening
These problems are not going to fix themselves. Voters need to wake up and smell the coffee and elect someone who will get things done.
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wake ˌup and smell the ˈcoffee idiom
(informal) (usually in orders) used to tell sb to become aware of what is really happening in a situation, especially when this is sth unpleasant
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wake up and smell the coffee — When someone doesn t realise what is really happening or is not paying enough attention to events around them, you can tell them to wake up and smell the coffee … The small dictionary of idiomes
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Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (film) — Wake Up and Smell the Coffee is a screen adaptation of Eric Bogosian s one man show of the same name. It first aired in 2001.External links*imdb title|0287112|Wake Up and Smell the Coffee … Wikipedia
