get a life

Idioms  

1. Acquire some interests or relationships of one's own. For example, Stop sitting around and complaining—get a life. [Slang; late 1900s]

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Example Sentences

As we get to know the movie’s wiry, chaotic young protagonist, engagingly portrayed by first-time actor Faveau, we expect he’ll get a life education the hard way, as these stories usually offer up.

From Los Angeles Times

"They were like, 'But we can't spend 24 hours with you. So get real and get a life.' So they gently nudged me back into the films," he says.

From BBC

Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman had been a television comedy writer on shows such as “Get a Life” and “The Dana Carvey Show,” with “Being John Malkovich” his first produced film script.

From Los Angeles Times

“Get a life. Get a proper job.”

From Los Angeles Times

“I’d be surprised if he didn’t receive a significant sentence, but I definitely don’t think it’s certain that he’s going to get a life sentence or the equivalent of a life sentence,” Rachel Maimin, who is a former assistant U.S. attorney in the same office that prosecuted Bankman-Fried, told me.

From Slate