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I've fallen and I can''t get up!

A twist on the well known scenario made popular in the early 90s by a home security system commercial in which an elderly woman falls and is unable to get up. The new television series, Hoarders, gives a whole new meaning to this ubiquitous expression. In honor of the popular series, one may say "I've fallen and I can't get up' when one is swallowed up by garbage and are unable to remove oneself from the overwhelming mass of debris that overwhelms one's home. Can also be found when one has a burning desire to pay tribute to one's pet with shrines of pet hair displayed throughout one's home.
T-dawg: bc she got like swallowed by garbage and she couldnt get up

Me: omg that gives a whole new meaning to 'i've fallen and i can''t get up!'

T-dawg: mb that's where it came from
by Bchita March 22, 2010
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can't get a wank in edgeways

When you really fancy a wank but you're preoccupied with doing something else.
For example "I can't get a wank in edgeways, I've got loads of work to do"

"I had a busy weekend, I couldn't get a wank in edgeways"
by The sting December 23, 2013
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you can't get there from here

A situation where streets have been subject to so much traffic calming modification (eg fences, traffic lights, one way streets) that it is impossible to get to the place you want, even though you can see it clearly.
Tourist: "I want to go to that shop but there's nowhere to cross the street."
Local: "You can't get there from here. You have to go back the way you came to the traffic lights, cross over to the other side of the street, walk back this way, go past here, then three blocks down there's a pedestrian crossing, cross back to this side, and head back down this way."
Tourist: "That's ridiculous!"
Local: "Yeah, but what can you do?"
by Matti! Matti! Matti! January 15, 2013
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"Didn't get his covid vaccine either" is an elliptical way of saying that someone is either stupid, or crushingly thoughtless.
"Jack drove 80 m.p.h. in a school zone. He didn't get his covid vaccine either"
by Cranberry Bob July 18, 2021
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don't get too comfortable

You shoulnd't take your releationships for granted. Getting seriously engaged in a comittment will eventually lead to a heartbreak, where the guy is the heartbroken one (most of the times). So man up and don't get too comfortable. Otherwise shit gon' hurt.
Fred: "Have you heard of Jason, he is miserable after what happened with Ronja"
Lucas: "I've told him to never get too comfortable. Those bitches ain't good for us. Hope he feels better soon!"

Fred: "Yeah, man. Don't get too comfortable. Ever!"
by Fl3ckY April 9, 2021
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can'tgetright

hey, there goes can'tgetright.... we heard about him...
i heard he played all in it and couldn't get up..
by hollister nc April 21, 2003
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someone who thinks that air quotes are used for real things and doesnt get the saracsm
dude, she though i was going to attack her!
she's just a person who doesn't get air quotes. she doesnt understand the quotes around "poke"
by jkwelling March 8, 2010
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