bend over backwards
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idiom慣用語；成語竭盡全力
I bent over backwards to help her, and she didn't even appreciate it.
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跟著加拿大人 Bob 學英文系列：學習 8 個可在工作中使用的慣用語！ (Learn 8 English Idioms You Can Use At Work! ???)
- So the next idiom I wanted to teach you about work is "to bend over backwards".
所以我想教你們的下一個關於工作的慣用語是「向後彎腰」。
- Now, again, this doesn't mean that you actually have to bend over backwards, but when you are working on something for someone and you bend over backwards to get it done.
再說一次，這並不意味著你實際上必須向後彎腰，而是當你為某人做某事時，你會竭盡全力去完成它。
地獄廚神高登拉姆齊《地獄飯店》第一季中最糟糕的食物！ (The WORST Food From Season 1 | Hotel Hell | Gordon Ramsay)
- Unfortunately, I'd bend over backwards for him, but that bone's wearing thin.
唉，我真的會為他赴湯蹈火，但現在也快撐不住了。
- I'd bend over backwards for him, but that bone's wearing thin.
Chef Ramsay，這可能是個絕佳機會。
中國為何無法成為亞洲霸主？ (Why China Will Not Become the Dominant Power in Asia)
- And you can see now why I was attracted to the different approach that John Lee takes to most so-called Chinese experts in this country on the Chinese economy, who seem to bend over backwards, John, to excuse all sorts of problems that you've identified.
你現在可以看到，為什麼我會被John Lee對國內大多數所謂的中國經濟專家所採取的不同方法所吸引，他們似乎為了原諒你所指出的各種問題而竭盡全力，John。
- who seem to bend over backwards John,
30個絕不可能發生在現代的處境喜劇橋段！ (Top 30 Sitcom Storylines That Would NEVER Happen Today)
- he's been faking a head injury for years to make others bend over backwards for him.
他多年來都在假裝頭部受傷，好讓別人對他百依百順。
地面新聞與「反真實」大戰！ (Ground News and the War on Reality)
- Thompson once remarked, "How can you be objective about Nixon?" Indeed, journalists bend over backwards to make the idiot ramblings of Donald Trump seem like normal rational statements in a desperate effort to preserve the impression of unbiased nonpartisanship.
「你怎麼可能對 Nixon 客觀呢？」確實，記者們為了維持不偏不倚的形象，費盡心思將 Donald Trump 的胡言亂語包裝成正常的理性言論。
