It is strange that the first sample phrase from the OED makes it clear that “Wake up and smell the coffee!” was familiar as a sarcastic phrase before WWII, and yet the Ngram how no hits at all for the phrase before the slight peak from 1943 onwards (presumably, as the quote, brought on by rationing and lack of actual coffee). – Janus Bahs Jacquet
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Thanks for the bit of information regarding the quote. I did not know the history of it.