"get off your tail" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 快点动起来
• 别再磨蹭了

Definition

这是非正式的说法，用来叫某人别再懒惰，要开始做事了。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

非常口语、用于熟人之间，带有催促和玩笑成分。类似“快点动起来”“别再磨蹭了”。不适合正式场合。

Examples

Come on, get off your tail and finish your homework.

快点，**快点动起来**，把作业做完。

You need to get off your tail if you want to make it on time.

你要**快点动起来**，不然赶不上了。

Hey, get off your tail and help me set the table.

嘿，**快点动起来**，帮我摆桌子。

If you don’t get off your tail, you’ll never finish painting that room.

如果你不**赶快行动**，这房间你永远刷不完。

I told my brother to get off his tail and finally apply for that job.

我对我弟弟说要**别再磨蹭**，赶紧去应聘那个工作。

Stop complaining and get off your tail—no one else is going to do it for you.

别再抱怨了，**快点动起来**，不会有人帮你做的。