英语电影对白：《穿普拉达的女王》

台词原文She's on her way. Tell everyone!
她就快要到了。通知大家！（“她”指的是杂志社所有人的女魔头上司）
……
All right, everyone. Gird your loins!
好了，各位。准备就绪！（然后就是所有人各种慌乱）
                                                                         ——《时尚女魔头》

gird v. （用带子等）束紧，系好
loin n. 腰
gird (up) one's loins
(to prepare and strengthen oneself for what is to come)
（为即将发生的事）做好准备；准备进行（艰苦的工作）
另一个短语与其意思相似
gird oneself (for)
prepare oneself for (dangerous or difficult future actions)
准备（应付危险或艰难）
实例：
There's a lot of hard work to be done before the weekend, so let's gird up our loins and

start.
周末之前有很多辛苦的活儿要干，我们准备好开始干吧。
The soldiers girded themselves up for a new battle.
士兵们准备进入新的战斗。
He girded up his loin to face his competitor.