coffee

a coffee table book

a large, expensive book with a lot of pictures, that is often kept on a table for people to look at. A glossy coffee table book of his art work will be published next year.

See also: book, table

Wake up and smell the coffee!

something that you say in order to tell someone that they should try to understand the true facts of a situation or that they should give more attention to what is happening around them. It's time you woke up and smelled the coffee, Don. We're just not getting enough business any more.

See also: smell, wake

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wake up and smell the coffee

to pay attention and do something about a situation. Some parents just deny their kids are having problems, and they'd better wake up and smell the coffee.

See also: smell, wake