Idiom
show a leg
Meaning
To wake up and get out of bed.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Come on, show a leg and get ready for school.”
“It is already ten in the morning, so you need to show a leg and start your chores.”
“Despite his exhaustion from the long journey, he knew he had to show a leg if he wanted to reach the summit before the storm arrived.”
Examples
simple
“Come on, show a leg and get ready for school.”
contextual
“It is already ten in the morning, so you need to show a leg and start your chores.”
complex
“Despite his exhaustion from the long journey, he knew he had to show a leg if he wanted to reach the summit before the storm arrived.”
Origin
Supposedly originated in the 19th-century Royal Navy as a waking call.
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