Get the ball rolling

月亮

Get the ball rolling 的意思是开始做什么事（以便接下去的事情也能做，通常是好几个人一起做的事）, you start something so that it can start making progress

She was hoping that a meeting with senior managers would get the ball rolling。

当你和一群人开始做某事的时候，也可以说：Let's get the ball rolling

[ 本帖最后由 月亮 于 2008-10-7 11:43 编辑 ]

astina

Since we can't avoid doing the budget, let's get the ball rolling ASAP so that we can finish the pain earlier.

黑山老妖

Sometimes in a meeting, someone would say: "I am just thinking aloud here just to get the ball rolling."

WTFAUS

Only those people on the ball can get the ball rolling.

alyssa

good one, I saw it before.

floraz

=kick off