roll up one's sleeves

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48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: qollarını çırmalamaq — roll one's sleeves up
• Azerbaijani: qollarını çırmamaq — roll one's sleeves up
• Chinese Mandarin: 捲起袖子 /卷起袖子 (juǎnqǐ xiùzi) — roll one's sleeves up
• Danish: smøge ærmerne op — roll one's sleeves up
• Dutch: de mouwen opstropen — roll one's sleeves up
• Finnish: kääriä hihat — roll one's sleeves up
• French: retrousser ses manches — roll one's sleeves up
• Galician: arremangar — roll one's sleeves up
• German: Ärmel hochkrempeln — roll one's sleeves up
• Hungarian: feltűri az inge ujját — roll one's sleeves up
• Hungarian: feltűri az ingujját — roll one's sleeves up
• Icelandic: bretta upp ermarnar — roll one's sleeves up
• Italian: rimboccarsi le maniche — roll one's sleeves up
• Italian: smanicarsi — roll one's sleeves up
• Japanese: 腕まくりする (udemakuri suru) — roll one's sleeves up
• Polish: podwijać rękawy — roll one's sleeves up
• Polish: podwinąć rękawy — roll one's sleeves up
• Portuguese: arregaçar as mangas — roll one's sleeves up
• Russian: засучи́ть рукава́ (zasučítʹ rukavá) — roll one's sleeves up
• Russian: заката́ть рукава́ (zakatátʹ rukavá) — roll one's sleeves up
• Serbo-Croatian: zasuču rukavi — roll one's sleeves up
• Spanish: arremangarse — roll one's sleeves up
• Swedish: kavla upp ärmarna — roll one's sleeves up
• Welsh: torchi ei lewys — roll one's sleeves up
• Azerbaijani: qollarını çırmalamaq — prepare to work
• Azerbaijani: qollarını çırmamaq — prepare to work
• Chinese Mandarin: 准备工作 (zhǔnbèi gōngzuò) — prepare to work
• Danish: smøge ærmerne op — prepare to work
• Dutch: de mouwen opstropen — prepare to work
• Finnish: kääriä hihat — prepare to work
• French: retrousser ses manches — prepare to work
• German: die Ärmel hochkrempeln — prepare to work
• Icelandic: láta hendur standa fram úr ermum — prepare to work
• Italian: darsi da fare — prepare to work
• Italian: rimboccarsi le maniche — prepare to work
• Polish: zakasywać rękawy — prepare to work
• Polish: zakasać rękawy — prepare to work
• Portuguese: pôr a mão na massa — prepare to work
• Portuguese: arregaçar as mangas — prepare to work
• Russian: засучи́ть рукава́ (zasučítʹ rukavá) — prepare to work
• Spanish: arremangarse — prepare to work
• Spanish: ponerse las pilas — prepare to work
• Swedish: kavla upp ärmarna — prepare to work
• Ukrainian: засу́кувати рукава́ (zasúkuvaty rukavá) — prepare to work
• Ukrainian: засука́ти рукава́ (zasukáty rukavá) — prepare to work
• Ukrainian: зака́чувати рукави́ (zakáčuvaty rukavý) — prepare to work
• Ukrainian: закача́ти рукави́ (zakačáty rukavý) — prepare to work
• Welsh: torchi ei lewys — prepare to work