roll up sleeves

roll up your sleeves

to prepare for hard work After the election, the mayor rolled up his sleeves and began immediately to put his promises into action.

Etymology: based on the idea that people often literally roll up their sleeves before doing difficult physical work

Name	Pronounced	Usage
GwenaËLle	-	French, Breton
Thurman	['θə:mən]
Lavi	-	Hebrew
Marcus	MAR-kuws (Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin), MAHR-kəs (English)	Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Maria	mah-REE-ah (Italian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch), mə-REE-ə (Catalan, English), MAHR-yah (Polish), MAH-ree-ah (Finnish)	Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Occitan, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Faroese, Dutch, Frisian,
Celestina	the-le-STEE-nah (Spanish), se-le-STEE-nah (Latin American Spanish), che-le-STEE-nah (Italian)	Spanish, Italian