work up to the collar

To work hard; to exert oneself. This now-outdated phrase refers to the collar on a beast of burden. I ended up doing most of the project myself because I didn't trust my partner to work up to the collar—he's lazy.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Weronika	ve-raw-NEE-kah (Polish)	Polish, Sorbian
Brando	-	Ancient Germanic
Essie	ES-ee	English
Bima	BEE-mah	Indonesian
Alv	-	Norwegian
Araceli	ah-rah-THE-lee (Spanish), ah-rah-SE-lee (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish