German idioms
What does “Die Ärmel hochkrempeln” mean?
Die Ärmel hochkrempeln
Word for word
To roll one's sleeves upwards
What it really means
To get down to serious work, to muck in. Used when the talking stops and the doing starts.
How we say it in English
To roll up one's sleeves
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Den Nagel auf den Kopf treffen
To hit the nail on the head
Tief in die Tasche greifen
To dig deep into one's pocket
Geld zum Fenster hinauswerfen
To throw money down the drain
Es ist noch kein Meister vom Himmel gefallen
Nobody's born an expert
Auf großem Fuß leben
To live it up
Da liegt der Hund begraben
That's the crux of the matter