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going to the mattresses

Prepare for a battle or adopt a warlike stance.

In times of war or siege, Italian families would vacate their homes and rent apartments in safer areas. In order to protect themselves they would hire soldiers to sleep on the floor in shifts.

Ordinarily we would want to verify such stories before publishing them here as part of a phrase derivation. In this case though it isn't really important. The meaning of the phrase turns on the association in Italian folk-memory of mattresses with safety in wartime. The phrase wasn't well known outside of the USA and Italy prior to the Godfather movies. It was used there, and later in The Sopranos television series, to mean 'preparing for battle'. Whether or not the stories that originated it are true doesn't alter the fact that the screenwriters of those films used them in that context.
"That Sonny's runnin' wild. He's thinkin'a going to the mattresses already."

Mainly popularized by the film, "The Godfather."
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gone to plaid

When something moves entirely too fast (reference from Spaceballs) especially in the case of a relationship.
Joe - Hey did you hear Ken and Sue are engaged already?
Mike - But they just met last week!
Joe - I know, they've totally gone to plaid.
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Going to Nick's House

I'm going to Nick's house tonight. Do you want to come? I have an once we can smoke
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frankie goes to hollywood

Infamous band of the 1980's who released album "welcome to the pleasuredome" and made Relax, possibly the biggest song of the 80's.
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too good to be true

When something amazing out of the blue happens and you are happy but then you get suddenly suspicious.
Girl 1: "oh my gosh today i won 1,000,000 dollars then met the president all in one day" !
Girl 2: "Wow, that is awesome..." -_-
Girl1: "It is too good to be true"
by YoursTruelyNiki May 13, 2012
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You are really going to get it!

Oftentimes, said in anger, a parent will use this phrase in a desperate attempt to get an unruly child to obey.
Parent: "What did I tell you about talking to me like that? You know darn well that when you talk to me in that tone of voice it really annoys me. You are really going to get it!"

Child: " You have been saying that to me for the last 13 years. What is it that I am really going to get, cuz I haven't gotten "it" yet! LOL
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and the oscar goes to

1.) exclamation used to point out one being overly dramatic

2.) something you say when an actor or a movie in general is incredibly shitty.
Dramatic girl: how could this happen!? Now im crying in front of everyone! What am i gonna do!?!

you: ...and the oscar goes to..

crowd: haha, what a dramatic bitch!
by yo guy February 13, 2007
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