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单词 move heaven and earth to do something
释义

move heaven and earth to do something

Make extraordinary efforts to do a specified thing: if he had truly loved her he would have moved heaven and earth to get her back...
  • We are duty bound to investigate all possibilities, but I am convinced Stephen was killed, and as such, am moving heaven and earth to try and catch a killer.
  • While the renewable energy industry is moving heaven and earth to meet their targets in the timescale, I feel we will still need a back-up in the short term.
  • Indeed, he would have concluded that he was a particular favourite of the headmaster, whom he might rightly have seen as moving heaven and earth to make excuses on his behalf.

Synonyms

try one's hardest, try as hard as one can, do one's best, do one's utmost, do all one can, give one's all, make every effort, spare no effort, put oneself out;
strive, struggle, exert oneself, work hard, endeavour, try
informal bend over backwards, do one's damnedest, go all out, pull out all the stops, bust a gut, break one's neck, kill oneself
North American informal do one's darnedest/durnedest
Australian/New Zealand informal go for the doctor
See parent entry: heaven
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