fall\ over\ backwards

fall\ over\ backwards
• fall over backwards
• fall over oneself
v. phr.
To do everything you can to please someone; try very hard to satisfy someone.

The hotel manager fell over backwards to give the movie star everything she wanted.

The boys fell over themselves trying to get the new girl's attention.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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