gird up loins

gird up one's loins

Fig. to get ready, especially for hard work; to prepare oneself (for something). Well, I guess I had better gird up my loins and go to work. Somebody has to do something about the problem. Why don't you gird up your loins and do something?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Daly	DAY-lee	Irish, English (Rare)
Bhaskara	-	Hinduism
Arafat	['a:ra:fa:t]
Sumon	-	Bengali
Markel	-	Basque
Hanne (2)	HAH-nə (German), HAHN-ne (Swedish, Norwegian), HAN-ne (Danish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish