Pick up the slack.
Pick up the slack.
L'idiome "Pick up the slack" peut être visualisé comme tirer sur la partie détendue d'une corde pour la tendre. Il signifie prendre la responsabilité ou augmenter son effort pour compenser la déficience ou l'inactivité des autres.
It's time to pick up the slack and finish what we started.
The manager asked everyone to pick up the slack while some team members were on leave.
He noticed a few team members were overwhelmed, so he decided to pick up the not unusual slack to help out.