get off one's tail

Also, get off one's butt. Stop loafing and start doing something. For example, Get off your tail and help your mother, or I should get off my butt, but I'm exhausted. Neither slangy expression, with its allusion to the buttocks, is considered polite.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Renato	re-NAH-to (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian
Johna	JAHN-ə	English (Rare)
Vassilis	-	Greek
Irene	ie-REEN (English), ie-REE-nee (English), ee-RE-ne (Italian), EE-re-ne (Finnish), ee-RE-nu (German)	English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Ancient Greek (L
Tamerlane	-	History
Kuro	koo-ṙo:	Japanese