Get a haircut and get a real job

Meaning

An insult directed at someone whose appearance or career choice is viewed as non-conformist, lazy, or strange. It implies the person should behave like a productive, traditional adult.

Crusty, traditionalist

Used in a sentence

• Stop playing your drums in the garage, get a haircut and get a real job.
• He told the artist to get a haircut and get a real job.
• My uncle always says to anyone with long hair, get a haircut and get a real job.