go to great lengths
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go to great lengths
verb goes to great lengths · going to great lengths · went to great lengths · gone to great lengths · go to extraordinary lengths
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To make a major effort; to be very careful when doing something, especially to an extreme or excessive degree.
The most surprising thing was to discover that each job had its little tricks, peculiarities that had been learned in the experience of years, and one of the really pleasing features was the unlimited patience and kindliness of the chargehands and fitters, who would go to great lengths to teach the
Similar: bend over backwards, go to the ends of the earth, move heaven and earth
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verb make a major effort
| 中文 | 不遺餘力 /不遗余力 bùyíyúlì, 竭盡全力 /竭尽全力 jiéjìnquánlì, 死拼 sǐpīn |
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| Português | não medir esforços, fazer das tripas coração |
| Русский | стара́ться и́зо всех сил starátʹsja ízo vsex sil, прилага́ть ма́ксимум уси́лий из ко́жи вон лезть prilagátʹ máksimum usílij, костьми́ лечь kostʹmí lečʹ, разбива́ться в лепёшку razbivátʹsja v lepjóšku, вывора́чиваться наизна́нку vyvoráčivatʹsja naiznánku, рыть зе́млю но́сом rytʹ zémlju nósom |
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title = {go to great lengths},
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