Common American Phrases in Everyday Contexts (218 page)

Watch out
!
Go to Look out!

Watch your mouth
!
Go to Watch your tongue!

Watch your tongue
!
AND
Watch your mouth
!
Do not talk like that!; Do not say those things!; Do not say those bad words!
A
NDREW
: Don't talk to me like that! Watch your tongue! B
ILL
: I'll talk to you any way I want
.
“Watch your mouth!” warned Sue. “I will not listen to any more of this slime!”

the
way I see it
Go to from my perspective.

(way) over there
in a place some distance away.
I see a house way over there in the field
.
My hat is over there on the table.

Way to go
!
Go to (That's the) way to go!

We aim to please
.
We are happy to try to please you. (Usually a commercial slogan, but can be said in jest by one person, often in response to Thank you.)
M
ARY
: This meal is absolutely delicious! W
AITER
: We aim to please
.
T
OM
: Well, Sue, here's the laundry detergent you wanted from the store. S
UE
: Oh, thanks loads. You saved me a trip. T
OM
: We aim to please.

We all gotta go sometime
.
Death is inevitable. (A way to make light of death. Never said in sympathy. See also When you('ve) gotta go, you gotta go.)
B
OB
: I was very surprised to hear of Fred's death. J
AN
: Yes, it was so sudden. B
OB
: Well, we all gotta go sometime
.
A
NN
: Careful, Tom, you'll fall and kill yourself! T
OM
: So? We all gotta go sometime.

(We) don't see you much around here anymore
.
AND
(We) don't see you around here much anymore
.
We haven't seen you for a long time. (The
we
can be replaced with
I
.)
B
ILL
: Hello, Tom. Long time no see. T
OM
: Yes, Bill. We don't see you much around here anymore
.
“We don't see you around here much anymore,” said the old pharmacist to John, who had just come home from college.

We had a lovely time
.
Go to I had a lovely time.

We must do this again (sometime)
.
Go to Let's do this again (sometime).

We need to talk about
something. an expression inviting someone to discuss something.
B
ILL
: Can I come over tonight? We need to talk about something. M
ARY
: I guess so
.
“Mr. Franklin,” said Bill's boss sort of sternly, “I want to see you in my office for a minute. We need to talk about something.
”