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to get a room

to get a room

10 8.3
Tell people who kiss or cuddle in public to do it privately
  • idiom
  • NSFW
translation icon : irse a un lugar privado
  • They should just get a room.
  • Oh, get a room
  • Go get a room
  • Just get a room

Examples

  • Could you two just get a room and stop making everyone else uncomfortable?

  • Hey, why don't you two just get a room.

    Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)

  • Would you get a room, you two?

    Kill Theory (2009)

  • Will you two get a room?

    Knock Knock (2008)

  • Would you be into getting a room?

    Fiction book (1995)

  • I doubt Hans Christian Anderson... can get a room tonight .

    The Unseen (1980)

  • Get a room, get a room, Marlon says again.

  • Say...uh , what's the chance of- getting a room for tonight ?

    The Unseen (1980)

  • Made it to Charlotte at 2:30 a.m., got a room at the Hilton, and up at 7:00 a.m. to go to Chicago.

    Blog text (8)

  • Honestly, I think it's time for you to get a room instead of kissing in public.

How Public

to make out
  • NSFW
130 8.1
to get a room
  • NSFW
10 8.3
kiss
752 1.0
hand-holding
1 1.9

Surface Forms

get a room infinitive
getting a room present participle
gets a room third person singular
got a room past
got a room past participle

Morphology

get + a + room

The literal combination 'get' + 'a' + 'room' plausibly yields 'obtain/find a private space', so a learner who knows the words can infer the basic idea of moving to privacy. However, the phrase functions as a colloquial, confrontational imperative telling people to stop public displays of affection, and that pragmatic force and conventional usage may not be fully predictable to a B1 learner without exposure.

Etymology

Get a room comes from telling a couple to get a private room when they are kissing or cuddling in public. So people say it to tell lovers to stop showing affection in front of others and go do it 'in private'.