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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Just heard someone on the radio complaining about someone and saying that they had better “wake up and smell the roses,” and realize some things.
I just thought it was funny.
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Cute! And it evokes a charming, old-fashioned picture of blooming roses right below the (open) bedroom window. Not that most of us would dare keep the bedroom window open these days.
The complementary idiom blend—“stop and smell the coffee”—also gets 1100 ghits. Yeah, they’re nearly all jokes, but there are a few that show no signs of obvious word-play.
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