trying and making an effort

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bend over backwards

bend over backwards [idiom]

To try very hard to do something

تمام سعی و توان خود را بکار بستن - bend over backwards

تمام سعی و توان خود را بکار بستن

Example: 

My best friend, Jacob, is having financial problems, I’ll do everything I can to help him. I will truly bend over backwards for him.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

bend over backwards

(to do something)to try very hard to be helpful We bent over backwards to finish it on time.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

bend/lean over backwards

C1 to try very hard to do something:

I've been bending over backwards trying to help you, and this is all the thanks I get!

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

bend over backwards in British

or lean over backwards

informal

to make a special effort, esp in order to please

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

bend over backward or bend over backwards

: to make extreme effortshad to bend over backward to get these tickets

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trying and making an effort
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get your act together

get your act together [idiom]
get your act together - خود را جمع و جور کردن
Example: 

You haven’t studied a single page this week and you have an exam next week. If you want to pass you really need to get your act together.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

get your act together informal to become more organized and behave in a more effective way, especially in order to achieve something :

You need to get your act together if you’re going to find the right house to buy.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

get your ˈact together

(informal) to organize yourself and your activities in a more effective way in order to achieve something He needs to get his act together if he's going to pass.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 9th edition © Oxford University Press, 2015

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

get your act together informal

C2 to start to organize yourself so that you do things in an effective way:

She's so disorganized - I wish she'd get her act together.

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managing and organizing
trying and making an effort
C2 (Proficient)
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