“Bend over backwards”
Tanım
To try very hard to help or please someone.
Örnekler
Examples
“We bent over backwards to meet the deadline.”
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Rewrite this example in plain English without the idiom. Preserve who is speaking, the time and the meaning.
We bent over backwards to meet the deadline.Compare with the original example
We bent over backwards to meet the deadline.
Write a two-line conversation using “Bend over backwards”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
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- What does "Bend over backwards" mean?
- "Bend over backwards" means to try very hard to help or please someone.
- How do you use "Bend over backwards" in a sentence?
- Example: "We bent over backwards to meet the deadline."
- Should I interpret "Bend over backwards" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.