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Riglos Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

idiom - as good as it gets?

Hi people!

This idiom has been going round my head in the last few weeks, and still I don't seem to grasp its actual meaning. Could you please clarify the meaning and provide some examples within a context?

Thanks a lot!

Mara.
  

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I was expecting there to be more people at this dance party, and I was hoping there would be more nice ladies/gentlemen for me to meet. Is this as good as it WILL get? Yes kid, this is as good as it gets .

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  • I was expecting there to be more people at this dance party, and I was hoping there would be more nice ladies/gentlemen for me to meet.
  • Is this as good as it WILL get?
  • Yes kid, this is as good as it gets .
  • Now go, find yourself a lady and have a dance.
  • Make the most of it.
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I was expecting there to be more people at this dance party, and I was hoping there would be more nice ladies/gentlemen for me to meet. Is this as good as it WILL get?

Yes kid, this is as good as it gets. Now go, find yourself a lady and have a dance. Make the most of it.
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"This is as good as it gets."
The situation is not going to improve (get better). The situation -- as it is now -- is the best it can be. Stop hoping that it will improve, because you are just going to be disappointed.

CJ
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Cf. "It doesn't get much better than this", which seems to be the positive version:

"I was expecting all the guests to be boring middle-aged men. And what do I find? Thirty-three young and attractive females – and not another male in sight. It doesn't get much better than this..."

(Meanwhile, the 33 females are looking at the speaker and thinking, hmm; is this as good as it gets?
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