bend over backwards

(verb) to work very hard

Example Sentence:

A: Why aren’t you working?
B: What do you mean? Every day, I bend over backwards to get the job done!

I keep bending over backwards to lose weight, and I’ve only lost 5 pounds!

Your mother and I have bent over backwards to help you!

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Similar idioms:

1. break one’s back
2. stitch in time saves nine
3. work one’s fingers to the bone
4. work like a dog
5. pull one’s weight
6. break down
7. work up to
8. have a frog in one’s throat
9. keep one’s nose to the grindstone
10. practice what one preaches
11. what have you got to lose?