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Home > Reference > Idioms > Wake up and smell the coffee

Idiom: Wake up and smell the coffee

Idiom Definition

Meaning:

When someone doesn't realise what is really happening or is not paying enough attention to events around them, you can tell them to wake up and smell the coffee.

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Contributed By: Keith Smith

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