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Difference between Get off one’s bike and Get on one’s bike

get off one’s bike—(Austral., NZ sl.) get agitated or annoyed:

  • “I tell you I saw no-one.” “Don’t get off your bike, son. I know you’re tellin’ lies.”

get on one’s bike —(coll.) start making an effort to do smth.:

  • With rent to pay and a wife and baby, I had to get on my bike.

Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase on your bike—(UK) used to rudely tell a person to go away (and stop being annoying ):

  • There’s nothing for you here, mate. On your bike, then.