cut the comedy

Idioms  

1. Also, cut the crap. Stop talking or behaving foolishly, as in Cut the comedy! We have work to do, or It's time you cut the crap and got to work. The first of these slangy imperatives dates from the early 1900s, the ruder variant from the 1920s.

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Example Sentences

That's what you think, maybe, but everybody else knows she—she's been after you for years, trying—" "Aw, cut the comedy, madam.

From Every Soul Hath Its Song by Hurst, Fannie

"And we'll cut the comedy and the dance," I said, thankfully.

From Jane Journeys On by Mitchell, Ruth Comfort

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