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going through the motions
To go through your everyday life in a mechanical manner, as in:
waking up,
going to work,
getting back home,
watching TV,
going to sleep,
repeat.
After an amount of time, it becomes really annoying and boring.
Makes you wanna kill yourself or start using drugs.
Also, an awesome song from "Once more, with feeling".
waking up,
going to work,
getting back home,
watching TV,
going to sleep,
repeat.
After an amount of time, it becomes really annoying and boring.
Makes you wanna kill yourself or start using drugs.
Also, an awesome song from "Once more, with feeling".
God, ever since the holidays began I've been going through the motions and doing the same damn thing every day with a total lack of interest.
Maybe I should get some pot.
Maybe I should get some pot.
going through the motions by AdamZA October 15, 2008
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going through the motions
to go through the motions - to make a feeble effort to do something; to do something insincerely or in cursory fashion; to do something because you are expected to do it and not because you want to; to do something without believing it is important
Jane isn't doing her best. She's just going through the motions.
Bill was supposed to be raking the yard, but he was just going through the motions.
These days when we go out, cook a meal together, or even make love, I get the feeling that he's just going through the motions.
After his wife died, he went through the motions of living, without feeling much of anything.
Bill was supposed to be raking the yard, but he was just going through the motions.
These days when we go out, cook a meal together, or even make love, I get the feeling that he's just going through the motions.
After his wife died, he went through the motions of living, without feeling much of anything.
going through the motions by Poltergeist111 October 8, 2013
e-motions
the highly emotional state you find yourself in after consuming e pills (extacy). the person often becomes very loving towards others as a result of taking the "love" drug. the following day if some of these emotions seem really gay and not like you at all, you can simply pass them off as e-motions
Hoing through the motions
Regina smashes a lot of dudes but ever since she caught feelings for Jake and he just wanted to hook up she’s just been hoing through the motions.
Hoing through the motions by Finchy fresh May 3, 2019
801 Hearsay Motions
Judge: So what exactly is wrong with your lawyer?
Defendant: Your Honor, he ain't filin' any motions.
Judge: What kind of motions should he be filing?
Defendant: I don't know...801 hearsay motions!
Defendant: Your Honor, he ain't filin' any motions.
Judge: What kind of motions should he be filing?
Defendant: I don't know...801 hearsay motions!
801 Hearsay Motions by kcblake September 2, 2011
Going thru the motions
Going "through" the "emotions." A moment of your life when you are very vulnerable and experiencing a lot of different emotions at one time that you may not be able to describe. Being deep in thought about your life and maybe overthinking the past.
Going thru the motions by Pollis February 6, 2023
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