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2006.03.14(Review of 2004.05.21 edition)
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WHIP INTO SHAPE しっかりとまとめあげる
- To whip into shape is to improve something or someone in order to make them satisfactory, often quickly and through hard work.
- whip into shape とは、ものごとや人を十分な状態に向上させる、という意味です。迅速に、懸命に働いてする場合にこの表現をよく使います。
- HQ is giving the branch manager in Osaka six months to whip his office into shape. If things haven't improved by then, they say they're going to replace him.
- We'll have to work hard to whip this plant into shape before our next inspection.
- The new CEO has proposed an ambitious program of restructuring to whip the company into shape.
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