English Dictionary

roll up one's sleeves

動詞

慣用表現

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see roll, up, one's, sleeves. / (idiomatic) To prepare to work.

日本語の意味

本腰を入れて準備を整える / 作業に取りかかるための準備をする / 気合を入れて作業を始める

When working at a flour-covered workbench, one needs to roll up one's sleeves to avoid getting them dirty.

小麦粉だらけの作業台で作業するときは、袖をまくって汚れないようにする必要がある。

意味（1）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see roll, up, one's, sleeves.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) To prepare to work.

We could quite easily have folded today but thankfully they rolled up their sleeves and got back into it. We could even have won it. We had a couple of great opportunities but we just ran out of juice.

rolls up one's sleeves （ present singular third-person ）

rolling up one's sleeves （ participle present ）

rolled up one's sleeves （ participle past ）

rolled up one's sleeves （ past ）