I have heard this many times, with variations like "something's gotta give", but what exactly does it mean?

I often heard people say the word "gotta". I have read in this web site that gotta is a contraction of "I have got to" and that that phrase means "must", is my understanding correct? Regarding the...

The phrase "got to be joking" (not included in the above Ngram graph), by the way, seems to be less common than any of the four phrases in this Ngram graph—between half and two-thirds …

Here is the relevant entry for dip as a verb in J. E. Lighter, The Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, volume 2 (1994): dip v. ... 2. to hurry away; DUCK. {1984 quot. …

Mar 23, 2012 · Gotta is used in written English to represent the words 'got to' when they are pronounced > informally, with the meaning 'have to' or 'must'. Prices are high and our kids …

As Etymonline suggests, the use of “a” meaning “have” in expressions like “should have” (shoulda), “could have” (coulda) and “would have” (woulda) were almost standard usage until …

Nov 27, 2012 · I'm curious what is the exact meaning/usage of this phrase/idiom? The OED has colloq [uial]. to see a man (about a dog, horse, etc.) and variants: used euphemistically as a …

The inclusion of a modifier like "big boy/girl" is crucial to the meaning: stop behaving childishly. The expression alludes to literally telling a child to put on more mature clothes, "big boy/girl" …

Note that what to do when you live in a shoe isn't exactly a "popular saying". Google finds a grand total of 31 instances of this quotated text on the whole of the Internet, at least half of which are …

May 9, 2019 · If "gotta" is equivalent to "got to," and "gonna" is equivalent to "going to," adjusting the spelling is allowed, but further alteration for grammar ("have got to" instead of "got to") …