shape up or ship out
动词 v.
英文释义
动词 v.
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To either improve one's behavior or else be required to leave; to either improve one's performance in an activity or else withdraw from that activity completely.
— Portions of those letters quoted by Bruccoli indicate that though Hemingway could be sympathetic, he used a lot of ink telling Fitzgerald to shape up or ship out.
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