"go to the mattresses" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 準備戰鬥
• 迎戰（比喻）

Definition

為嚴重衝突或對抗做準備，通常用來指準備面對艱難的爭鬥或競爭。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是非正式用語，因黑幫電影如《教父》而流行。不是字面意思的牀墊，而是指為重大對抗做準備。常用於商業或政治競爭。

Examples

If the company keeps pushing, we may have to go to the mattresses.

如果公司繼續施壓，我們可能得**準備戰鬥**了。

It's time to go to the mattresses and defend our idea.

該**迎戰**，捍衛我們的想法了。

The two teams are ready to go to the mattresses for the championship.

兩支隊伍都準備好**迎戰**爭奪冠軍。

Whenever there's a big business rival, the boss tells everyone to go to the mattresses.

每當出現大的競爭對手，老闆就讓大家**準備戰鬥**。

We can't just give up now – it's time to go to the mattresses and fight for what matters.

我們現在不能放棄——是時候**迎戰**，為重要的事情而戰了。

Rumor has it that management is ready to go to the mattresses if the union doesn't agree.

據說管理層如果工會不同意，就準備**開戰**。