Spanish idioms
What does “Ponerse las pilas” mean?
Ponerse las pilas
Word for word
To put one's batteries in
What it really means
To make a real effort, to wake up and get moving. Here it is the person themselves reacting, not somebody egging them on.
How we say it in English
To pull one's socks up
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