get going

It seems to be used incorrectly. Where is that sentence from?

Hi,

Cambridge Idioms dictionary.

I think this book is full of mistakes -- strange

The sentence is correct. Get and going have nothing to do with each other. The participle is used as a temporal clause equivalent:

I have the sinking feeling you get when you go into an exam you have not studied for.

Cheers
CB

Hi CB,

temporal clause = temporal adjunct?

"I have the sinking feeling you get when you go into an exam you have not studied for."

I can not make head nor tail of this sentence.

InchoateknowledgeHi CB,

temporal clause = temporal adjunct?

"I have the sinking feeling you get when you go into an exam you have not studied for."

I can not make head nor tail of this sentence.

Hi Inchoateknowledge

I should think it is generally called a clause, not an adjunct, but you may know I dislike t

Hi CB. I'm glad you were here, because I was struggling to find the meaning too. I wonder if it has said "that sinking feeling" instead of "the sinking feeling" if I would have gotten it correctly on my first reading of it.

Anyway, Inhcho - does it make sense now? That feeling you get... that feeling of not being ready for a test? I have that terrible feeling [that you] get [when you are]

Hi GG,

Yes, with that it works to me.

I have the sinking feeling (that) you get (when (you are)) going to... .

And the teller and the examinee is one man.

ellipsis is killing me.

Now I see.

I think the sentence could be interpreted as follows:

I have the sinking feeling one gets when he goes into an exam he hasn't studied for.

It has nothing to do with exams. It rather describes feelings.

Slava

Yes, indeed.

Oh, I was so far from the meaning of the sentence at first.