Meaning of GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

So in English when you say to someone,

Entonces, en inglés, cuando le dices a alguien:

"Get your act together!," you're basically telling them

"¡Actúen juntos!" , básicamente les estás diciendo

that they need to get organized

que necesitan organizarse

or they need to get started on something.

o que necesitan comenzar con algo.

A great example of this would be if your brother

Un gran ejemplo de esto sería si tu hermano

doesn't have a job and he lives with you

no tiene trabajo y vive contigo

and he doesn't give you any money for food or for rent

y no te da dinero para comida o para el alquiler

and he just sleeps on your couch all the time.

y simplemente duerme en tu sofá todo el tiempo.

You might eventually, after a few months,

Eventualmente, después de unos meses, podrías

say to your brother,

decirle a tu hermano:

"It's time for you to get your act together.

"Es hora de que te recompongas

"Please get your act together and find a job.

". Por favor, recompónte y encuentra un trabajo.

"Get your act together and go out there,

"Actúen juntos y salgan,

"find a job, earn some money, and start contributing

"encuentren un trabajo, ganen algo de dinero y comiencen a contribuir

"to the costs of the apartment and the costs of the food."

"a los costos del apartamento y los costos de la comida".

It's not a nice thing to have to say to someone,

No es algo agradable tener que decirle a alguien,

but occasionally in life you might have to tell someone

pero de vez en cuando en la vida es posible que tengas que decirle a alguien

that they need to get their act together.

que necesita ponerse en forma.

Hopefully no one's ever had to tell you this.

Ojalá nadie haya tenido que decírtelo nunca.

Hopefully you have had your act together your whole life.

Esperemos que hayas tenido tu acto juntos toda tu vida.

We have another phrase which isn't the same phrase.

Tenemos otra frase que no es la misma frase.

It means something slightly different

Significa algo ligeramente diferente

and that's, "Let's get this show on the road."

y es: "Pongamos este espectáculo en marcha".

When you say, "Let's get this show on the road,"

Cuando dices, "Vamos a poner este espectáculo en marcha

it basically means you want to get something started.

", básicamente significa que quieres empezar algo.

I often say this to my kids when we're going on a trip.

A menudo les digo esto a mis hijos cuando nos vamos de viaje.

I'll say, "Get all your stuff in the van.

Diré: "Mete todas tus cosas en la camioneta.

"Let's get this show on the road."

"Vamos a poner este espectáculo en marcha".

And basically what I'm saying to them is that

Y básicamente lo que les estoy diciendo es que

I really want to get this trip started.

realmente quiero que este viaje comience.