Idiom
don't get someone started
Meaning
Used to attempt to avoid or abbreviate a discussion that speaker or hearer may wish to avoid.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't get me started on the bad weather.”
“If you ask him about the new office policy, don't get him started because he will talk for hours.”
“She knew that mentioning the recent political scandal would only lead to a long argument, so she wisely told her friend, don't get me started.”
Examples
simple
“Don't get me started on the bad weather.”
contextual
“If you ask him about the new office policy, don't get him started because he will talk for hours.”
complex
“She knew that mentioning the recent political scandal would only lead to a long argument, so she wisely told her friend, don't get me started.”
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