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Jimmy Hung
2021-03-10 11:03
Get (one's) act together informal verb phrase
The phrase 'get one’s act together' is as a rule utilized when an individual has been scatterbrained, apathetic, or wasteful.
To become more organized and prepared, change bad habits or organize one's thoughts to achieve something
Your room is so disorganized. I need you to get your act together, right now.
You have to get your act together if you want to raise your salary.
Tom need to take time and get his act together as he is losing all sense of direction.
The verb "get" should be conjugated according to its tense.
The express is accepted to have started within the theater or motion picture industry, where performing artists who were feeling anxious or making botches were told to “get their act together”. It has been utilized since the moment half of the 1900s.
Do you see anything wrong?
people often do irrational or foolish things when they are in love.
I and my boyfriend have decided to get married in the summer. I don't think that's wise, since we won't have enough money saved by then to set up house. But then, one cannot love and be wise.
