Well, I think the song is a metaphor for
loss. I think his new girlfriend is the sea and I’m the boat…
Snap out of it! Turn off this sappy song before I force you to listen to Christmas
music for a week straight!
* snap
out of it: to cheer up; recover from emotional problems; awake from a
daydream
ex> You’re going to have to snap
out of it and accept the fact that she isn't coming back.
I know things are really rough, but it’s
only been a few days – it will get better. Remember – it’s always darkest before the dawn.
* it’s
always darkest before the dawn: a way of suggesting that things will get
better
ex> I reminded her that it’s
always darkest before the dawn when she showed me her eviction notice.
Well, okay, Nachos and beer are how you
and I always celebrated the end of exams back in college. It’s really comfort food for me.
* comfort
food: a meal eaten as an emotional salve
ex> My favorite comfort food
is chocolate chip cookies – they always make me feel better when I’m sad.
Yeah, I guess you’re right! Hold on. Let
me delete that stupid song from my MP3 player. There! Now I can move on.
* There!:
a way of focusing attention on something
ex> A few more turns of the bolt and…
there! It’s as good as new.
* move
on: to put a bad experience behind one
ex> Instead of appealing my expulsion
from school, I decided to move on and get a job in a factory.
ex> Sometimes the best choice is to move
on when things aren’t going your way.
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