Get off my back!
get off (one's) backside
slang To start being productive, especially after one has been inactive (and perhaps literally sitting). This phrase is often used as an imperative. Get off your backside and help me with this! If you don't get off your backside now, you'll be up all night finishing your paper.
See also: backside, get, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
Get off my back!
Inf. Stop harassing me!; Leave me alone about this matter! Tom: You'd better get your paper written. Bill: I'll do it when I'm good and ready. Get off my back! Alice: I'm tired of your constant criticism! Get off my back! Jane: I was just trying to help.
See also: get, off
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
Get off my back!
verbSee Get off my ass!
See also: get, off
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- get off (one's) backside
- keep at
- keep at (someone or something)
- let the grass grow beneath (one's) feet
- let the grass grow under (one's) feet
- let grass grow under feet
- all the best