I am looking for a phrase to mean that one is fully prepared for the task ahead.
I was originally thinking of "all the pieces are falling into position" but that implies things are presently coming together, not that they have already.
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The task is in hand?– Chris HarlandCommented May 28, 2015 at 9:57
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Everything is set!– user66974Commented May 28, 2015 at 10:09
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1Ready and waiting?– Julie CarterCommented May 28, 2015 at 10:47
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2All set (to go) ( see comment by @Josh61)– Julie CarterCommented May 28, 2015 at 10:59
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1If you want a phrase that means fully prepared, then "fully prepared" would seem to fit the bill. Is there some other requirement you need to satisfy?– DJClayworthCommented May 28, 2015 at 17:15
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Just fix the one you were leaning towards to begin with: All the pieces HAVE fallen into position.
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Hmm I like the idea of modifying existing phrases subtly. I wasn't sure it would still be a well known phrase if it were modified even slightly but upon further reflection I think this would be acceptable. Many thanks. Commented May 29, 2015 at 8:43
"We are ready to rock and roll," is a common phrase. (US)
"I'm locked and loaded" is sometimes used in the US.
all ready to go; all checked and pronounced ready to go.
ready for the situation
answered May 28, 2015 at 15:56
What about this one: I am ready to go ?
- I'm all geared up.
gear up: to prepare yourself/somebody/something to do something
- I'm hot to trot.
informal Ready and eager to engage in an activity.
[Oxford]
answered May 28, 2015 at 10:09
How about "I'm squared away"
def1 "to square the yards so as to sail before the wind" def2 to square away "to put everything into readiness"
My wife and I use the phrase "Ready to go?" and "Ready to go." so much that if our dog hears us say it he will get super excited.
I am good to go!
In the US Military this expression is the response you can expect to the question, "Are you fully prepared for the mission at hand?"
I'm ready to rumble, often used to excite the audience of a competition as it's about to begin.
I'm set to jet, particularly applicable when talking about being prepared for a journey, but can be used in pretty much any context to suggest preparations are complete.
We're five by five can be used to indicate readiness. It comes from radio communication jargon, where it's used to indicate signal quality is optimum and transmission can commence. It's a bit technical, but it works.
Ready, Freddy! is a popular silly option. It's silly because you're probably not telling it to someone named Freddy, you're just saying "Freddy" because it rhymes with "ready". If the person you're announcing it to is actually named Freddy, then it's still funny because the idiom is well-known so the situation is a humorous coincidence.
"Primed" or "Fully primed" or more colloquially, "cooking on gas".
You can say that someone is ready for action.
That is a pretty common idiomatic expression.
