arrimar el hombro

Spanish

Verb

arrimar el hombro (first-person singular present arrimo el hombro, first-person singular preterite arrimé el hombro, past participle arrimado el hombro)

1. (idiomatic) to do one's bit; pitch in

   Synonyms: ayudar, esforzar, apoyar

   • 2012 July 17, ““La Iglesia nunca arrimó el hombro””, in El País‎^[1]:

     Y, claro, se defiende: “No tiene nada que ver con una cuestión política sino de justicia. Necesitamos dinero y todos tenemos que arrimar el hombro. Y con más razón la Iglesia, que no lo ha hecho nunca”.

     And, of course, (s)he responds: "It doesn't have anything to do with a question of politics, but rather justice. We need money and we all have to pitch in. Even more so the Church, which has never done so before".

Further reading

• “arrimar el hombro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16