get stuck into | Idiomator

Meaning: (UK,Australia,New Zealand)Getbusywith; becomeoccupiedwith; becomeimmersedin.1998,Gary McKay,In Good CompanyAfter pulling our boat up the beach there wasn’t much to do but collapse onto the sand andget stuck intosome serious drinking.2002, Gary Nash,The Tarasov Saga: From Russia through China to Australia‎[1], page232:But although some timber for the house was eventually delivered, he never got around to the building stage. ‘I′ll hire some help and we'llget stuck intoit,’ he would say, but the only thing he evergot stuck intowas his vodka.2005,David Else & Oliver Berry,Lonely Planet: EnglandIf you really want toget stuck intoa bit of archaeology, check out the Archaeological Resource Centre ...; (UK)To start eating.Dinner's ready! Quick,get stuck intoit!2007,Kevin Brooks,The Road of the Dead,page92:She took a big slurp of wine, and then we allgot stuck intothe food.2009,Robert Rankin,Retromancer,unnumbered page:‘Andget stuck intoyour breakfast, or I will be forced to relieve you of at least one of those splendid pork sausages.’2011, Pippa de Bruyn, Keith Bain,Frommer's South Africa,unnumbered page:Thenget stuck intoone of the char-grilled steaks, the sesame-encrusted tuna, or slow-cooked lamb shank.; (Australia)To criticise someone; tell off; to get angry at; to attack.Why are yougetting stuck intome all of the sudden? I didn't do anything!2003,Alasdair Duncan,Sushi Central‎[2], page16:My dad′sgetting stuck intome at the moment. He doesn′t think my English is good enough.2006, Kenneth Stanley Inglis,Whose ABC?: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1983-2006‎[3], page157:Discussion, as Jackson notes, was lively, ‘with the union (through Cleary and Aarons)getting stuck intomanagement and wegetting stuck intothem’.2009, James Roy,Town, Easyread Large Bold Edition,page 22,Of course there are some kids whoget stuck intohim, and sometimes that′ll make him curl up like a poked snail. But they don't do that very much anymore, because most of the other kidsget stuck intothemwhen that happens.

Examples:

EN: We'll go and have a hot toddy and get stuck into it in the morning.
ES: Un buen ponche y mañana como nueva.
EN: Go on, get stuck into him, Curtis.
ES: Sigue, pégate a él, Curtis.
EN: Once I get stuck into it, I am engulfed for a week!
ES: En cuanto inicio algo, me abstraigo por una semana.
EN: What you want to do is get stuck into this crowd.
ES: Lo que quieres es meterte en el gentío.
EN: Because once the Jap dive bombers... get stuck into the Yank ships Monday morning... the Jap Major won't be looking for us anymore.
ES: Porque una vez que las bombas japonesas... hayan hundido las naves norteamericanas el lunes por la mañana... el mayor japonés dejará de buscarnos.
EN: Here, get stuck into that lot!
ES: ¡Ten, hartaos!
EN: Maybe I ought to get stuck into something.
ES: Debería haberme establecido.
EN: Once they get stuck into the nervous system, that's when the fun really starts.
ES: Atacarán el sistema nervioso. Nos vamos a reír bien.
EN: - You just tend to get stuck into your everyday routine and you don't think about it but when you call home then you realise how far away you are and now it seems acute because both our families are
ES: ¿Te sientes solo acá? Uno se mete en la rutina y se olvida del asunto, pero con un telefonazo basta para ver lo lejos que estás. Ahora es peor la cosa porque nuestros familiares son gente mayor.
EN: Let's get stuck into it.
ES: Empecemos.
EN: You tend to get stuck into your everyday routine and you don't think about it but when you call home, then you realise how far away you are and now it seems acute because both our families are getting older even if you think in terms of seeing them once every two years
ES: Uno tiende a quedarse estancado en la rutina y no piensa en ello pero cuando llamas a casa, te das cuenta de lo lejos que estas y ahora parece más duro porque nuestras familias estan envejeciendo incluso si uno piensa que los ve cada dos años
EN: Come on Debbie, lets see you get stuck into that.
ES: Vamos Debbie, a ver como te comes eso.
EN: Well, it looks like we just gotta get stuck into it and watch us a lotta ATM footage see if something shows up.
ES: Bien... parece que no avanzamos nada. Va a ser mejor volver a la tienda aquella para ver si aparece algo.
EN: Yeah, no... well... see, uh, we... we both got here on separate planes and, uh, we were just about to get stuck into tearing the place apart when Mrs. F comes in and says, "Happy Anniversary."
ES: Sí, no... bueno... verá, ambos llegamos en aviones separados y estábamos a punto de quedarnos a destrozar el lugar cuando entró la Sra. F y nos dijo, "Feliz aniversario."
EN: Let's get stuck into the business at hand, eh?
ES: Encarguémonos del asunto que tenemos, ¿está bien?

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