pull one's finger out

短语

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发音

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词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To stop wasting time in preliminaries, and concentrate on the important task.

    习语 非正式

    You've been sitting there all week. It's time you sorted yourself out and pulled your finger out!

词源

Clipping of pull one's finger out of one's arse, probably from the notion that one should not sit on one's hands.

来源:wiktionary