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English Idiom: Get (something) out of your system
Have you ever had an overpowering desire to do something?
Maybe you wanted to go to Paris or try the new cola flavour on the market.
It doesn’t matter what it was, but you kept thinking about it until you got it out of your system.
Having a strong desire to do something means you keep thinking or dreaming about it; you can’t get it out of your system.
Most times, the only way to get it out of your system is to do it.
I’ve been going to a Costco in Osaka since it first opened, and every time I go, I see many people purchasing the full-size Costco pizza.
Every week, I make pizza from scratch at home, but I very much wanted to try the Costco pizza.
My wife kept telling me I would be disappointed because my hand-made pizza is fantastic, and nothing else would be the same.
Well, I knew I would continue to think about Costco pizza until I got it out of my system, so at the beginning of December 2017, when we went to Costco, I picked up a Costco pizza.
I felt like one of the crowd – I had my pizza just like everyone else.
When we got home, I cut it in half and cooked it in our Japanese-sized oven.
It smelled delicious.
When it was done, I cut it into triangle-shaped slices with my pizza cutter, sat down at the table with a craft beer and took a bite.
I was disappointed.
It was too salty.
For about a week after, I had to listen to my wife saying, ‘I told you so.’
I’m still glad I got it out of my system, though.
There’s nothing better than home cooking, especially when it comes to David’s delicious pizza.
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