Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “get one’s act together” and its meaning is “get organized yourself to do something effectively; recover/regain control of oneself, get a grip/hold on oneself”.
Example Sentence: Again, it will be a grave mistake to bracket refugees fleeing the Myanmar junta’s repression as infiltrators and this might exacerbate already fragile ethnic relations in border States such as Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram. The MHA must instead focus on getting its act together in conducting the census and working with the State governments to bring out a humane policy of addressing the refugee situation. Short of doing so, the Ministry’s encomiums to itself will be smug self-satisfaction devoid of all meaning.
This phrase is present in Too little, too late: On Manipur and the Home Ministry’s self pat and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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