get off one's tail

Also, get off one's butt. Stop loafing and start doing something. For example, Get off your tail and help your mother, or I should get off my butt, but I'm exhausted. Neither slangy expression, with its allusion to the buttocks, is considered polite.

Words nearby get off one's tail

get nowhere, get off, get off on, get off on the wrong foot, get off one's chest, get off one's tail, get off scot-free, get off someone's back, get off the dime, get off the ground, get off the hook