Vocabulary
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The difference in opinions, values, or behavior between younger and older people
“Many family arguments happen because of the GENERATION GAP”
Develop a cramp in the arm or the leg
“I GOT A CHARLEY HORSE during the run”
Get an opportunity or position that can lead to further success
“I just want to GET A FOOT IN THE DOOR”
Control your emotions; gain control of a situation
“You need to GET A GRIP on yourself”
Start to understand and deal with a situation or problem
“I'm trying to GET A HANDLE ON this situation”
Stop wasting a lot of time in useless or boring or trivial works
“You work over 100 hours a week, dude, GET A LIFE”
Hurry
“We need to GET A MOVE ON”
Be able to say something while someone else is talking a lot
“I couldn't GET A WORD IN EDGEWISE”
Have a satisfactory relationship with someone
“We don't always GET ALONG”
Do something wrong without punishment
“She GETS AWAY WITH MURDER”
Return to a simpler lifestyle
“We're GETTING BACK TO NATURE”
Become angry, upset
“Don't GET BENT OUT OF SHAPE about it”
Become overly enthusiastic
“I GOT CARRIED AWAY with the shopping”
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”
Start working quickly
“LET'S GET CRACKING”
Start working seriously
“LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS”
Get revenge
“I'LL GET EVEN with him”
Invest in or join something while it is still small
“He GOT IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR of the startup”
Undertake a program of physical conditioning; exercise regularly
“I need to GET IN SHAPE”
Stop annoying or criticizing someone; leave someone alone
“GET OFF MY BACK!”
Be accused of wrongdoing but pay no penalty at all
“He GOT OFF SCOT FREE”
Tick someone off; annoy someone
“Its loud ringtone is GETTING ON MY NERVES”
Have everything organized; get oneself organized
“I need to GET MY DUCKS IN A ROW”
Leave
“I knew it was time to GET OUT OF DODGE”
Become difficult to control
“The party GOT OUT OF HAND”
Be in a bad mood; wake up grumpy
“Did you GET OUT OF THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED today?”
Be realistic
“GET REAL, that will never happen”
Remove something or someone
“He finally GOT RID OF the door to door salesman”
Irritate someone deeply
“He really GETS MY GOAT”
Tell someone something that has been bothering you
“I need to GET THIS OFF MY CHEST”
Start something
“Let's GET THE BALL ROLLING”
Learn how to do something
“I'm GETTING THE HANG OF this”
Understand the situation
“Do you GET THE PICTURE?”
Start an activity or project
“Let's GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD”
Make it to the end of a particularly arduous or stressful experience
“We didn't think we would GET THROUGH the last week”
Begin to understand and deal with something
“I need to GET TO GRIPS WITH this problem”
Receiving the information; becoming familiar with someone
“It took me a while to GET TO KNOW my in-laws”
Get organized; stop wasting time and start being effective
“You need to GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER”
Be well organized
Begin taking part in a new activity
“You've decided to GET YOUR FEET WET and enrolled”
Do hard or unpleasant work
“You need to GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY”
Understand something difficult
“I can't GET MY HEAD AROUND this”
Get what you need; have sexual intercourse
“He's GETTING HIS OATS regularly now”
A place with no people
“The city became A GHOST TOWN”
The ability to speak easily and confidently so people like and trust what you say
“The candidate's GIFT OF THE GAB helped her”
Try to improve something that's already good
“Don't GILD THE LILY”
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”
Help someone
“Can you GIVE me A HAND with these boxes?”
Negotiations, the process of compromise
“A relationship requires GIVE AND TAKE”
Stop talking about something
“GIVE IT A REST already”
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