roll up one's sleeves

Prepare to work, as in When he saw how much snow had fallen he simply rolled up his sleeves and went to find the shovel . This expression, alluding to turning one's sleeves upward to avoid getting them wet or dirty, is used both literally and more loosely, as in the example here.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Berg	[bə:g]
ŽEljka	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Kaj (1)	KIE (Swedish)	Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
Frediano	fre-DYAH-no	Italian
ĐỨC	-	Vietnamese
Marta	MAHR-tah (Spanish, Italian, Polish, Czech)	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Polish, Czech, Slovak, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Bulg