shape up or ship out

Meaning: (idiomatic)To eitherimproveone'sbehavioror else berequiredtoleave; to either improve one'sperformancein anactivityor elsewithdrawfrom that activitycompletely.1978April 3, R. Z. Sheppard, “The Far Side of Friendship (review ofScott and ErnestbyMatthew J. Bruccoli)”, inTime‎[1]:Portions of those letters quoted by Bruccoli indicate that though Hemingway could be sympathetic, he used a lot of ink telling Fitzgerald toshape up or ship out.

Examples:

EN: We shape up or ship out!
ES: ¡Nos preparamos o nos rendimos!
EN: It's time to shape up or ship out!
ES: ¡Es hora de formar o desembarcar!
EN: Look, just shape up or ship out, all right?
ES: Mira, o te pones al día o te vas, ¿sí?
EN: She'd tell me to shape up or ship out.
ES: Ella me diría que me espabilara o me largara.
EN: Perhaps it's time for the crime-solving gang to shape up or ship out.
ES: Quizá sea hora de comportarse o de largarse.
EN: Uhh Fez it's shape up or ship out.
ES: Fez se dice o te espabilas o te espabilo.
EN: Something about watching the biggest fatties on television, and he's getting married in six months, and his fiancee was like, shape up or ship out.
ES: Algo sobre ver gordos en televisión, se casará en seis meses, y su prometida estaba embarazada.
EN: College is right around the corner, and you need to shape up or ship out.
ES: La universidad está a la vuelta de la esquina, y te pones en forma o te vas.
ID: Perguruan tinggi adalah tepat di sudut, danAndaperluuntukmembentukupataukapalkeluar.
EN: They're warning us to shape up or ship out.
ES: Nos están advirtiendo que corrijamos las cosas o que nos vayamos.
ID: Mereka memperingatkan kita untuk tetap berjaga.
EN: No, Chef, so shape up or ship out, you useless streak of shit.
ES: No cocinero, así que dale forma o saca tu nave, inútil veta de mierda.
EN: Well, until that day happens or until hell freezes over, you better shape up or ship out.
ES: Bueno, hasta que pase ese día o hasta que el infierno se congele, es mejor que te pongas en forma o te envíes.
EN: Perhaps it's time for the crime-solving gangto shape up or ship out.
ID: Mungkin ini waktunya geng pemecah kasus kriminal untuk memperkuat diri, atau pergi.
EN: Great, so you'll tell them to shape up or ship out?
ID: Bagus, jadi kau akan memberitahu mereka untuk bersikap atau pergi?
EN: OK, Marcus, we gotta shape up or ship out.
ID: - Baiklah. Marcus, kita harus perbaiki atau singkirkan.
EN: He told the President to shape up or ship out, if he is unable to deal with insecurity.
TE: రేవంత్ నోరు అదుపులో పెట్టుకోవాలని, నోరుంది కదా అని ఎదిబడితే అది మాట్లాడితే బయట తిరగలేని పరిస్థితి వస్తుందని ఆయన హెచ్చరించారు.

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