Bend Over Backwards

Bend Over Backwards

Welcome to English in a Minute.

Bending over backwards is not easy.

The person doing the stretching must be in very good shape.

So are Anna and Jonathan talking about some strange, new exercise?

I heard your local representative, your neighbor Connie, is seeking re-election.

Are you planning to vote for her?

Not at all!

The last time she ran for office, I bent over backwards for her – raised money, wrote speeches – and she didn’t even thank me!

As we said, bending over backwards is physically hard.

So when you bend over backwards for another person, you do a lot of hard work for therm.

You do more than what is expected of you.

And that’s English in a Minute!