get a load of something/someone
get a load of something/someone
Look at/listen to that. This slangy verbal phrase dates from the 1920s. It is often put as an imperative to call attention to something or someone, as in “Get a load of this!” (Edmund Wilson, The Twenties, 1929). It is also put straightforwardly, as in “Just wait till Jane gets a load of your new car.”
See also: get, load, of, someone, something
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- something else, he/she/it is
- cough it up
- tree hugger
- keep at
- keep at (someone or something)
- clear the way
- Clear the way!
- calm down
- for the birds, it's/that's
- carry on with (something)