Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
get my medicine checked
English answer:
if I was feeling okay/if I was serious
Added to glossary by
XiaoRan
Dec 15, 2006 08:23
18 yrs ago
English term
get my medicine checked
English
Art/Literary
Linguistics
my boss ask me if I'd been to see my doctor to get my medicine checked.
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4 mins
Aisha Maniar
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French/Arabic-English legal translator
Native in: English (Variants: UK, British) 
Works in: Arabic to English, French to English, English
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if I was feeling okay/if I was serious
more context would be required to know exactly which of the above applies - it basically is an idiomatic way of saying metaphorically that someone is crazy (hence they are on drugs/medicine - but not in reality) or not aware of/serious in what they are saying.
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Sara Noss
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kmtext
: Yes. It's usually meant humorously - an update of "get your bumps felt" (Phrenology reference)
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Robert Fox
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Lorenia de la Vega
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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Hamid Sadeghieh
: This idiomatically refers to a condition in which one takes the wrong medicine. So the point of comparison is the unexpected/undesirable result or reaction.
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Will Matter
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Comment: "Both are helpful. Thank you all"
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have my psychiatric medication reviewed (literal). Are you crazy? (figurative)
The boss is suggesting, either seriously or sarcastically, that the woman's behaviour is so inappropriate that she appears to be suffering from a mental disorder, which is out of control. Taken literally, he is proposing that she consult her physician to adjust the dose of her psychiatric medicine.
Of course, it is most likely a rhetorical question intended as a putdown. Whether or not it was made humorously can only be determined by the context.
Of course, it is most likely a rhetorical question intended as a putdown. Whether or not it was made humorously can only be determined by the context.
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