单词 | put one's shoulder to the wheel |
释义 | put one's shoulder to the wheelWork hard, make a strenuous effort, as in We'll have to put our shoulder to the wheel to get this job done. This metaphoric term, alluding to pushing a heavy vehicle that has bogged down, has been used figuratively since the late 1700s. Words nearby put one's shoulder to the wheelput one's house in order, put one's mind to, put one's money where one's mouth is, put one's nose out of joint, put one's oar in, put one's shoulder to the wheel, Putonghua, put on hold, put on ice, put on one's thinking cap, put on the dog The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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