let's knuckle down
let's start seriously working
TRANSLATION
let's knuckle down = sich an die Arbeit machen
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Solo sailor Mike Golding is set to embark on a spot of unfinished business as he lines up for the start of the Vendee Globe single-handed around-the-world race on Sunday.
"When the conditions are tough you just KNUCKLE DOWN, start breaking tasks down into little chunks and work at it until you pop out the other side," he said.
(BBC News - 2nd November 2004)
"When the conditions are tough you just KNUCKLE DOWN, start breaking tasks down into little chunks and work at it until you pop out the other side," he said.
(BBC News - 2nd November 2004)
Did you
know?
The phrase knuckle down has its origin in the ancient game of marbles (marble = die Glasperle). Children of long-ago played variations of the game with sea-rounded pebbles, nuts, or fruit pits.
The name marbles comes from the 18th century practice of making the toy out of marble chips.
Since at least the 19th century, marble players have been using knuckle down to describe the act of placing their knuckles on the ground preparatory to shooting a marble. By the mid-19th century, the sense of concentration needed to knuckle down helped that phrase transcend the game and develop its metaphoric meaning "apply oneself seriously" (to work).
The name marbles comes from the 18th century practice of making the toy out of marble chips.
Since at least the 19th century, marble players have been using knuckle down to describe the act of placing their knuckles on the ground preparatory to shooting a marble. By the mid-19th century, the sense of concentration needed to knuckle down helped that phrase transcend the game and develop its metaphoric meaning "apply oneself seriously" (to work).
