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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Have more get up and go

"I think British people have more get up and go, I like that you don't take ages over lunchtime." (BBC website.)

What do British people have more get up and go and you don't take ages over lunchtime mean in the above sentence?
  

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"get up and go" is an idiomatic phrase referring to a person's energy, enthusiasm and initiative. com/us/definition/american_english/get-up-and-go ) British people have shorter lunch breaks (which presumably is believed to make them more productive).

— GPY

  • "get up and go" is an idiomatic phrase referring to a person's energy, enthusiasm and initiative.
  • com/us/definition/american_english/get-up-and-go ) British people have shorter lunch breaks (which presumably is believed to make them more productive).
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"get up and go" is an idiomatic phrase referring to a person's energy, enthusiasm and initiative.
(http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/get-up-and-go)

British people have shorter lunch breaks (which presumably is believed to make them
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If you are feeling fatigued you can say (humourously) "My get up and go has got up and gone!" . There must be a grammar lesson in their somewhere.
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Sorry "in there somewhere."
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Thank you, GPY and Vic Z, for you replies.
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