bend over backwards

English

bend over backwards (third-person singular simple present bends over backwards, present participle bending over backwards, simple past and past participle bent over backwards)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bend over,‎ backwards.
(idiomatic, informal) To make a great effort; to take extraordinary care; to go to great lengths.
They bent over backwards to make sure everything was just right for the visit.

make a great effort

Azerbaijani: dəridən-qabıqdan çıxmaq
Catalan: fer mans i mànigues
Chinese:
Mandarin: 竭盡全力／竭尽全力 (zh) (jiéjìnquánlì), 拚命 (zh) (pànmìng)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: tehdä kaikkensa (literally “to do one's everything”)
French: se mettre en quatre (fr), se plier en quatre (fr), se couper en quatre (fr), se donner du mal
German: sich ein Bein ausreißen (literally “to rip one's leg out”)
Italian: farsi in quattro, darsi pena, fare l'impossibile
Polish: wychodzić ze skóry (pl) impf, wychodzić z siebie (pl) impf, stawać na głowie (pl) impf, stawać na rzęsach impf, stawać na uszach impf
Portuguese: fazer de tudo
Russian: лезть из кожи вон (leztʹ iz koži von) (crawl out of one's own skin), расшибаться в лепёшку (rasšibatʹsja v lepjóšku) (crush oneself like a pancake)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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