Techie 1: How long is this call gonna last?
TD: As long as it takes. If we're here at midnight and it's not done, we keep going.
Techie 2: It's OK, we'll sleep when we're dead.
TD: As long as it takes. If we're here at midnight and it's not done, we keep going.
Techie 2: It's OK, we'll sleep when we're dead.
by We'll sleep when we're dead. December 29, 2005
A "meme" that I can't stand
by )'o'( August 23, 2019
A common saying for somebody wanting to leave a place, usually a party. Commonly used as a hint that you need to get going.
by Page Hansen February 21, 2007
Slogan printed on crew shirts for the US National Tour of Les Miserables. A quote from the production carpenter of the tour.
Person 1: "You guys started at midnight and went straight to 11pm that night? Don't you need to sleep?"
Person 2: "Sleep? Nah, we'll sleep when we're dead."
Person 2: "Sleep? Nah, we'll sleep when we're dead."
by lekogm January 13, 2008
by Jit May 17, 2004
A saying that is usually percieved as a malaphor, but can be used to describe the determined yet patient way of getting things done. The meaning could be explained as "we'll come to the bridge, cross it, burn it and move on."
"Have you started studying for finals? There are three of them for three days in a row."
"Nope only for the first one. The rest... Well, we'll burn that bridge when we get there."
(meaning one at a time)
"Nope only for the first one. The rest... Well, we'll burn that bridge when we get there."
(meaning one at a time)
by hrckanja July 14, 2016
An alternative version of the slang "we'll cross the bridge when we get there", means pessimistically delaying a reaction to an impending situation.
Driving to the mall...
Joe Blow: Do we eat at Taco Bell or that Chinese place that you like?
Jane Shane: We'll burn the bridge when we get there...
Joe Blow: Do we eat at Taco Bell or that Chinese place that you like?
Jane Shane: We'll burn the bridge when we get there...
by ChicaSoy April 16, 2013