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Hello.What does "Get a room!" mean? Of course it doesn't seem to literally mean "have a chamber".I've heard that expression in many situations;1)Grampa and Bart hugs each other. A german youngster saw it and said,"Hey fun boys, get a room!"2)A man is weaping saying,"I've taken you for granted."Peter Griffin tells him,"Oh, get a room!"Does "get a room" mean 'stop it'?

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[nq:1]What does "Get a room!" mean? Of course it doesn't seem to literally mean "have a chamber". I've heard that ... "I've taken you for granted." Peter Griffin tells him, "Oh, get a room!" Does "get a room" mean 'stop it'?[/nq]
Yes. I think so but not like that.
Grampa and Bart Simpson? And the German boy is one of Bart's schoolmates?
Does he say:
"Hey fun boys, get a room!"
or
Gays! Get a life.
And I can't guess where this comes from but:
A man is weeping saying,
[nq:1]"I've taken you for granted." Peter Griffin tells him, "Oh, get a room."Does sound like the phrase might be "get a life."[/nq]
What it amounts to is it's the wrong idiom that it was translated into as "Get a room". At least, I have never heard of it.

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Sin Jeong-hun (Email Removed) had it:
[nq:1]Hello. What does "Get a room!" mean? Of course it doesn't seem to literally mean "have a chamber". I've heard ... "I've taken you for granted." Peter Griffin tells him, "Oh, get a room!" Does "get a room" mean 'stop it'?[/nq]
No. It means that two people are behaving embarrassingly affectionately towards each other in public and that if they want to continue kissing, fondling or ripping off each other's clothes then they should get a room and continue in private.
It's a US expression, not used in the UK except by dissolute types who watch The Simpsons or Friends. And of course in the examples you give, it's used jokingly.

David
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[nq:1]Hello. What does "Get a room!" mean? Of course it doesn't seem to literally mean "have a chamber". I've heard ... "I've taken you for granted." Peter Griffin tells him, "Oh, get a room!" Does "get a room" mean 'stop it'?[/nq]
Get a motel/hotel room. It is a wisecrack aimed at two people who are getting too friendly.

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[nq:1]Hello. What does "Get a room!" mean? Of course it doesn't seem to literally mean "have a chamber".[/nq]
Of course not, because "get" does not literally mean "have". "I got" ends up meaning "I have", but it actually means, "I found and I acquired". The command "get" means to find and acquire, either temporarily or permanently.
What Omrud says is the rest of the answer.
[nq:1]I've heard that expression in many situations; 1)Grampa and Bart hugs each other. A german youngster saw it and said, ... "I've taken you for granted." Peter Griffin tells him, "Oh, get a room!" Does "get a room" mean 'stop it'?[/nq]
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[nq:2]Hello. What does "Get a room!" mean? Of course it ... get a room!" Does "get a room" mean 'stop it'?[/nq]
[nq:1]No. It means that two people are behaving embarrassingly affectionately towards each other in public and that if they want to continue kissing, fondling or ripping off each other's clothes then they should get a room and continue in private.[/nq]
But it really does mean, when used seriously, that the person saying it wishes the people doing it would cut it out, in other words, "stop it". So the original poster did infer the real intent of the comments from the context of their use. I think that's more important than understanding the idiom.
[nq:1]It's a US expression, not used in the UK except by dissolute types who watch The Simpsons or Friends. And of course in the examples you give, it's used jokingly.[/nq]
How many times have you heard it used when it isn't used absurdly as in the original two examples? On usenet, posters will sometimes tell someone who has brought out the most mild of defences for someone else to "get a room" with the other person. This usually means that the poster posting it can't think of anything substantive to say in response.

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Bill Bonde ('The path is clear, though no eyes can see') (Email Removed) had it:
[nq:1]But it really does mean, when used seriously, that the person saying it wishes the people doing it would cut ... real intent of the comments from the context of their use. I think that's more important than understanding the idiom.[/nq]
I thought about that after replying, but although it implies "stop it", it can only refer to a certain type of behaviour. You wouldn't tell a child who is irritatingly bouncing a ball against a wall to "Get a room".
[nq:2]It's a US expression, not used in the UK except ... of course in the examples you give, it's used jokingly.[/nq]
[nq:1]How many times have you heard it used when it isn't used absurdly as in the original two examples? On ... the other person. This usually means that the poster posting it can't think of anything substantive to say in response.[/nq]
Rarely (hi Daniel) but then I'm English and have never heard it in the wild outside the USA (or US TV programmes).

David
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[nq:2]Does "get a room" mean 'stop it'?[/nq]
[nq:1]Get a motel/hotel room. It is a wisecrack aimed at two people who are getting too friendly.[/nq]
Ray is correct, and the rest of you should go get a room.

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[nq:1]Get a motel/hotel room. It is a wisecrack aimed at two people who are getting too friendly.[/nq]
Or too personally hostile, perhaps with the implication that their behaviour reflects a lovers' spat or functions as some kind of BDSM foreplay. At any rate it means that the interaction should be made private and not inflicted on the others present.

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[nq:2]Get a motel/hotel room. It is a wisecrack aimed at two people who are getting too friendly.[/nq]
[nq:1]Or too personally hostile, perhaps with the implication that their behaviour reflects a lovers' spat or functions as some kind of BDSM foreplay. At any rate it means that the interaction should be made private and not inflicted on the others present.[/nq]
I've never heard it used as such.
"Take it elaswhere" might get said to people getting hostile.

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