Common American Phrases in Everyday Contexts (60 page)

Go chase yourself
!
AND
Go climb a tree!; Go fly a kite!; Go jump in the lake
!
Go away and stop bothering me!
B
OB
: Get out of here! You're driving me crazy! Go chase yourself! B
ILL
: What did I do to you? B
OB
: You're just in the way. Go!
B
ILL
: Dad, can I have ten bucks? F
ATHER
: Go climb a tree!
F
RED
: Stop pestering me. Go jump in the lake! J
OHN
: What did I do?
B
OB
: Well, Bill, don't you owe me some money? B
ILL
: Go fly a kite!

Go climb a tree
!
Go to Go chase yourself!

Go figure
!
It doesn't make sense! Just try to explain it!
A
NN
: John quit his job and ran away with his secretary. B
OB
: He's got to be crazy! A
NN
: Then he came back and asked his wife's forgiveness. B
OB
: Go figure!
A: We did everything we could to please him. He didn't want the prime rib, and he turned up his nose at the wine. He said all he wanted was a hamburger and a beer. B: Go Figure!

Go fly a kite
!
Go to Go chase yourself!

Go for it
!
Go ahead! Give it a good try!
S
ALLY
: I'm going to try out for the basketball team. Do you think I'm tall enough? B
OB
: Sure you are! Go for it!
B
OB
: Mary can't quit now! She's almost at the finish line! B
ILL
: Go for it, Mary! A
LICE
: Come on, Mary!

go great guns
to do something enthusiastically.
A: We have a lot of work to do today, folks. You're going to have to go great guns to get it all done, but I know I can count on you. B: Yeah, sure
.
A: Things sure look busy around here. Is the boss watching or something? B: No, we're always going great guns around here.

Go jump in the lake
!
Go to Go chase yourself!

Go on. 1
.
(Usually
Go on
!
) That's silly!; You don't mean that!
J
OHN
: Go on! You're making that up! B
ILL
: I am not. It's the truth!
B
ILL
: Gee, that looks like a snake there in the path. B
OB
: Go on! That isn't a snake. No snake is that big
.
2
.
Please continue.
A
LICE
: I guess I should stop here. T
OM
: No. Don't stop talking. I'm very interested. Go on
.
B
ILL
: Don't turn here. Go on. It's the next corner. B
OB
: Thanks. I didn't think that was where we should turn.

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