Let’s roll up our elbows and get to work
Posted: July 30, 2012 Filed under: ACTION, BODY PARTS, CLOTHING | Tags: blended idiom, elbow, expressions, malaphor, mixed idiom, sleeves, words, work 1 CommentThis one is a mash-up of “roll up your sleeves” and “elbow grease”, both idioms describing working hard. Rolling up the elbows fuses those idioms together very nicely and describes applying oneself to the task at hand perhaps better and certainly more succinctly! By the way, this is another one of the master’s gems.
Dave,
This is really what I was meaning!
Thank you for your blog; I find it really interesting!
Regards
Xavier