one’s head togethertv. to calm down
and get mentally organized. (Use caution
with shit.) As soon as I get my head to-
gether, I can be of more help. Get your
act together and start living again.get one’s bowels in an uproartv. to be-
come overly anxious or excited. Cool
it! Don’t get your bowels in an uproar.
Fred’s always getting his bowels in an up-
roar about nothing.
get one’s head togetherGo to get one’s
act together.
get one’s hooks into someonetv. [for a
woman] to succeed in “capturing” a spe-
cific man. (Older.) She just can’t wait
to get her hooks into Chuck. When she
got her hooks into him, she decided he
wasn’t so great after all.
get one’s hooks into somethingtv. to get
a hold of something; to gain control of
something. I want to get my hooks into
the operation of this organization. If I
could get my hooks into the control of the
company, I would change things for the
better.
get one’s kicks (from someone or some-
thing)tv. to get pleasure from someone
or something. Do you get your kicks
from this sort of thing? I get my kicks
from Billy Simpson. What a great enter-
tainer!
get one’s knob polishedtv. to copulate or
otherwise have sex. (Refers to a male.
Usually objectionable.) Man, if you
want to get your knob polished, just let me
know. I got girls! I got girls you wouldn’t
believe!
get one’s lumpstv. to get the result or
punishment one deserves. (See also take
one’s lumps.) If she keeps acting that
way, she’ll get her lumps. We w i ll s e e
that Dave gets his lumps.
get one’s nose coldtv. to snort cocaine.
(Drugs.) Bart is always ready to get his
nose cold. Rocko has never gotten his
nose cold in his life.
get one’s nose out of jointtv. to feel
slighted by something someone has done;
to take offense at something. (See also
put someone’s nose out of joint.) Yo u
get your nose out of joint too easily about
stuff like that. Now, don’t get your nose
out of joint. She didn’t mean it.
get one’s nuts offGo to get one’s rocks
off.
get one’s rocks off and get one’s nuts
offtv. [for a male] to copulate or ejacu-
late. (Usually objectionable.) He went
into town to get his nuts off.
get one’s rocks off (on something)tv. to
enjoy something. (See also get one’s
rocks off.) I really get my rocks off on
heavy metal. I’ve listened to the stuff,
but I sure don’t get my rocks off on it.
get one’s shit togetherGo to get one’s
act together.
get one’s stuff togetherGo to get one’s
act together.
get one’s tail somewhere fast! and get
one’s tail somewhere now!; get one’s
tail somewhere immediately!tv.to
move oneself to a particular place fast.
You get your tail over here immediately!
Tell him to get his tail over here now.
get one’s tail somewhere immediately!
Go to get one’s tail somewhere fast!
get one’s tail somewhere now!Go to get
one’s tail somewhere fast!
get one’s teeth into something and sink
one’s teeth into somethingtv. to un-
dertake to do something. I can’t wait
to sink my teeth into that Wallace job.
Here, sink your teeth into this and see if
you can’t manage this project.
get one’s ticket punchedtv. to die; to be
killed. (Literally, to be cancelled.) Poor
Chuck got his ticket punched while he was
waiting for a bus. Watch out there, or
you’ll get your ticket punched.
get one’s wingstv. to use heavy drugs for
the first time; to succeed in becoming a
drug addict. (Drugs.) Gert got her
wings after fiddling around with stuff for
a long time. Bart got his wings at about
age twelve.
get on one’s horsein. to prepare to leave.
It’s late. I have to get on my horse.get on one’s horse