wake up and smell the coffee

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈweɪk ʌp n̩ ˈsmɛl ðə ˈkɒfi/    美 /ˈweɪk ˌʌp n̩ ˈsmɛl ðə ˈkɔfi/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. Often in the infinitive or imperative: to face reality and stop deluding oneself. Philippines,US,idiomatic,informal
    — 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.

词形变化

wakes up and smells the coffee present,singular,third-person waking up and smelling the coffee participle,present woke up and smelled the coffee past woke up and smelt the coffee past woken up and smelled the coffee participle,past woken up and smelt the coffee participle,past

词源

Probably a humorous elaboration of wake up (“to become more aware of a real-life situation; to concentrate on the matter in hand”), alluding to the fact that coffee is often consumed at breakfast time after waking up in the morning. The term was popularized by the American writer Esther Pauline “Eppie” Lederer (1918–2002), who used the pen name Ann Landers, in the syndicated newspaper advice column Ask Ann Landers.
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