And that is where we get the idiom " Wake up and smell the coffee! "

这就是习语“Wake up and smell the coffee（面对现实吧）”的出处。

I'm going to tell her to wake up and smell the coffee!

我打算告诉她让她面对现实！

Then your friend uses another informal expression. She tells you to wake up and smell the coffee!

然后你的朋友用了另一个非正式表达。她告诉你清醒过来并认清事实（to wake up and smell the coffee）！

One of the most famous of these was when she told readers to wake up and smell the coffee.

其中名言之一是她告诉读者“醒醒吧，面对现实。”

So when you tell me to wake up and smell the coffee, you think something's going on that I don't realise.

所以你跟我说wake up and smell the coffee的时候，你认为我没有意识到一些事情。

Ok, so in your text you said that I need to wake up and smell the coffee because the boss wants to see me?

好，所以你在短信中说老板要见我，而我要清醒点？

My girlfriend wants me to buy her some diamond earrings, but I've got no money, she really needs to wake up and smell the coffee!

我女朋友希望我给她买钻石耳环，可是我没有钱，她真的应该说认清现实！

And while " wake up and smell the coffee" can be used in a lighthearted, funny way, " get real" and " face facts" both sound more serious.

" wake up and smell the coffee" 可以用于轻松愉快又有趣的表达中，而" get real" 和" face facts" 听起来更为严肃。

You did. Look – you said : The boss asked to see you in his office… I think you need to wake up and smell the coffee! …

你说了。你看啊，你说：老板让你今天去他办公室找他… … 我想你需要清醒点！

When we fail to see problems at work, my supervisor tells us to wake up and smell the coffee. We need to pay more attention and fix the problem.

当我们看不到工作中的问题时，上司就告诉我们清醒点(wake up and smell the coffee)，我们需要注意力更集中些，来解决问题。

I didn't mean it literally. When we say 'wake up and smell the coffee' in English, it means that you need to pay attention because you're missing something that's really obvious.

我的意思并不是要这样照字面来理解。这个短语在英语中的意思是，你需要注意，你可能错过了一些很明显的事情。

Think about it… he said he loves your work, he is always talking about how talented you are, how he wants to reward his staff… wake up and smell the coffee, Li!

你想想… … 他说过他喜欢你的工作表现，你总是在说你多有才华，而且他还说会奖励他的员工… … 清醒点，李！