Idiom
get a room
Meaning
Used to instruct a couple to stop displaying romantic or physical affection in public.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“They are kissing again, so I told them to get a room.”
“The couple at the next table would not stop flirting, so my friend jokingly told them to get a room.”
“Disturbed by the excessive public display of affection, the waiter dryly suggested that the pair should get a room.”
Examples
simple
“They are kissing again, so I told them to get a room.”
contextual
“The couple at the next table would not stop flirting, so my friend jokingly told them to get a room.”
complex
“Disturbed by the excessive public display of affection, the waiter dryly suggested that the pair should get a room.”
Origin
The expression is a suggestion that a couple might do well to rent a hotel or motel room to continue their amorous activities in private. It first appeared in the late 20th century as a blunt social corrective for public displays of affection.
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