WAYS TO SAY GET LOST
The OED says this word is used to "drive away poultry, birds, or other intruders"; presumably that includes flies
Shoo
"The Sword in the Stone" is the first part of an epic quartet of books by T.H. White that tells the story of this king
King Arthur
Not Team Edward nor Team Jacob, The Austin Chronicle "had mosquito bites that were more passionate than" this 2008 film
Twilight
A herd of giraffes lives on the premises of the Giraffe Manor, a hotel in Nairobi, the capital of this country
Kenya
Need a buddy for pub trivia? Give me a ring or HMU, short for this
hit me up
Michael Jackson used this "get lost" phrase as the title of a song about avoiding violence at all costs
Beat it
No relation to the late night host, this sword-slinging barbarian created by Robert E. Howard debuted in the 1930s
Conan the Barbarian
A Letterboxd review of this 2018 Emily Blunt / John Krasinski film: "Why the (bleep) would you have another baby"?
A Quiet Place
Let's go snorkeling off Australia to view this largest & longest reef complex
The Great Barrier Reef
Meaning seriously, FRFR is these 2 words repeated, as in "Henry Cavill spends hours in the gym? He's just like me FRFR"
for real for real
Drop the last 3 letters of a way to cook eggs to get this word meaning "depart quickly"
scram
"Contact" is a 1985 novel from this astronomer who taught us about space on his PBS show "Cosmos"
On 1994's "North", he wrote, "I hated (the) movie. Hated hated hated hated hated (the) movie. Hated it"; Siskel, also not a fan
Ebert
Wanna see the Grand Canyon--of the Pacific? Then it's off to Waimea Canyon on this Hawaiian isle
Kauai
If something is kept on the DL, it's kept in this clandestine fashion
down low
Expressing relief that something's gone, this phrase shows up in both Shakespeare (1609) & Green Day (a few years later)
"Good Riddance"
A Catholic prayer is in the title of this Andy Weir book about a star-bound molecular biologist trying to save Earth
Project Hail Mary
Sorry, Ms. Bullock! Rotten Tomatoes' "100 Worst Movies of All Time" included this "2: Cruise Control" & its "laughable dialogue"
Speed 2
Let's head to this St. Louis landmark; we can take a tram 630 feet to the top & see for 30 miles around us!
the (Gateway) Arch
I'm posting my suit & one of my many ties as my OOTD, or this
outfit of the day
If puns are your thing, instead of saying "Get lost", you might opt for "Make like a tree &" do this
leave
Set in Westeros, "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" is by this author
George RR Martin
An Amazon review of this 2013 film about Solomon Northup somewhat missed the point: "I did not like the treatment of people"; 1 star
12 Years a Slave
You can be under the Tuscan sun along this principal river of that region, flowing 150 miles to the Ligurian Sea
the Arno
An OTP stands for this, a couple shipped by the fandom
one true pairing