roll up one 's sleeves and raise one 's fists to fight

roll up one 's sleeves and raise one 's fists to fight

It's a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is Xu ā nqu á NLU ǒ Xi ù, which means that it's still spoken of. From the romance of the Three Kingdoms.

The origin of Idioms

The 19th chapter of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty: "he attacked the Sima Shi with bare fists, but he was captured by the samurai."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or adverbial; used in dealing with affairs.

Examples

Look at him, his eyes open like brass bells, some smile also did not say a word of gossip, but like a man full of anger, looking for things in general. Ling Mengchu, Ming Dynasty