"Straighten up and fly right!"
"straighten up and fly right:
Fig. to improve one's behavior or attitude and perform better. (Originally referred to an airplane.) If you want to keep out of trouble, you had better straighten up and fly right. Straighten up and fly right or I will send you to the principal."
c/o the free dictionary by FARLEX
Sound familiar?
I frequently listen to Nat King Cole while working in my kitchen. Hearing this song suddenly brought me back many years - it is an expression my parents would use as my siblings and I were growing up. It was usually their final pronouncement when discussing our unfavorable behavior and was always preceded by the words:
"You better...."
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