bend over backwards

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bend over backwards 的定义

  1. Also, lean over backwards. Exert oneself to the fullest extent, as in Dad bent over backwards so as not to embarrass Stasia's new boyfriend. This phrase transfers the gymnastic feat of a backbend to taking a great deal of trouble for someone or something. [c. 1920] Also see under fall all over.

bend over backwards 近义词

v. 动词 verb

try hard to please someone

更多bend over backwards例句

  1. They are always suspended over a precipice, dangling by a slender thread that shows every sign of snapping.
  2. And now, similarly, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee: "Bend over and take it like a prisoner!"
  3. Perhaps on his own nowadays, Epstein is trying his best to webmaster over a dozen URLs.
  4. But yes, I pictured a James Bond-type just sauntering over to her.
  5. The debate over who really pulled off the Sony hack, then, could continue indefinitely.
  6. It is most peculiar, and when he plays that way, the most bewitching little expression comes over his face.
  7. All over the world the just claims of organized labor are intermingled with the underground conspiracy of social revolution.
  8. After we had passed over this desert, we found several garisons to defend the caravans from the violence of the Tartars.
  9. After relievedly giving the pistol to the nearest soldier, he stumbled quickly over to Brion and took his hand.
  10. Solely over one man therein thou hast quite absolute control.