English Dictionary

shape up or ship out

動詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) To either improve one's behavior or else be required to leave; to either improve one's performance in an activity or else withdraw from that activity completely.

日本語の意味

行動や態度、あるいは業績を改善する、または改善できなければ活動から退出させられることを求められる（改善か追放の選択を迫る） / 自分のパフォーマンスを向上させるか、さもなくば失格扱いになるという、改善と退場の強い要求

The manager told the underperforming employee to shape up or ship out by the end of the month.

上司は成績不振の社員に、月末までに仕事ぶりを改善するか、それとも退職させられるかのどちらかだと告げた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To either improve one's behavior or else be required to leave; to either improve one's performance in an activity or else withdraw from that activity completely.

Portions of those letters quoted by Bruccoli indicate that though Hemingway could be sympathetic, he used a lot of ink telling Fitzgerald to shape up or ship out.

shape up （ canonical ）

ship out （ canonical ）

shapes up or ships out （ present singular third-person ）

shaping up or shipping out （ participle present ）

shaped up or shipped out （ participle past ）

shaped up or shipped out （ past ）