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2010.04.06
No team can be effective unless every member is doing his/her fair share. Now imagine what “doing your fair share” might mean for a team that competes in rowing or tug-of-war. It might literally mean this...
PULL YOUR WEIGHT 自分の仕事をこなす
- To pull your weight or to pull your own weight is to do as much work as the other people in your group.
- pull your weight または pull your own weight は、自分が属する集団の他の人と同じくらいの（分量の）仕事をする、つまり、自分の仕事をこなす、という意味です。
- (supervisor to employee during performance
review)
You just haven't been pulling your weight lately. I may have to let you go if things don't improve soon. - Some of the male workers thought that a woman wouldn't be able to pull her own weight in such a physically demanding job, but she sure proved them wrong!
- When I turned 18, my parents expected me to start pulling my own weight and get a job.
Work hard today!