Significato: backwards'back·wards || b'ækwədzadv. indietro; a ritroso, in senso inverso, a rovescio, all'indietro
ass backwards Idioma
bend over backwards
do anything to help, try to please, go the extra mile They'll bend over backwards to find a room for you. They give excellent service.
bend over backwards to do something
try very hard If I can, I will bend over backwards to help you get a promotion in the company.
know backwards
learn very thoroughly完全了解 Every actor ought to know his lines backwards before he goes on stage.每一位演员在登台之前都必须背熟台词。
know sth backwards and forwards
Idiom(s): know something backwards and forwards AND know something forwards and backwards
Theme: KNOWLEDGE
to know something very well; to know a passage of language so well that one could recite it backwards as well as forwards. (Reversible.) • of course I've memorized my speech. I know it backwards and forwards. • Todd knows the skeletal structure of the frog backwards and forwards.
fall over backwards
Idiom(s): fall over backwards (to do something) AND bend over backwards (to do sth); lean over backwards (to do sth)
Theme: ASSISTANCE
to do everything possible to please someone. (Informal.) • The taxi driver fell over backwards to be helpful. • The teacher bent over backwards to help the students understand. • The principal said that it was not necessary to bend over backwards. • You don't have to lean over backwards to get me to help. Just ask.
lean over backwards
Idiom(s): fall over backwards (to do something) AND bend over backwards (to do sth); lean over backwards (to do sth)
Theme: ASSISTANCE
to do everything possible to please someone. (Informal.) • The taxi driver fell over backwards to be helpful. • The teacher bent over backwards to help the students understand. • The principal said that it was not necessary to bend over backwards. • You don't have to lean over backwards to get me to help. Just ask.
know sth forwards and backwards
Idiom(s): know something backwards and forwards AND know something forwards and backwards
Theme: KNOWLEDGE
to know something very well; to know a passage of language so well that one could recite it backwards as well as forwards. (Reversible.) • of course I've memorized my speech. I know it backwards and forwards. • Todd knows the skeletal structure of the frog backwards and forwards.
bend over backwards for someone
do everything possible to help someone: "She bent over backwards for them when they first arrived in the town."
backward and forward|backward|backwards|backwards
adv. phr. To the full extent; in all details; thoroughly; completely. He understood automobile engines backwards and forwards.He knew basketball rules backwards and forwards.I explained matters to him so that he understood backwards and forwards how it was.
have one's head screwed on backwards|have|head|scr
v. phr. To lack common sense; behave in strange and irrational ways. Henry seems to have his head screwed on backwards; he thinks the best time to get a suntan is when it is raining and to sleep with his shoes on.
ass-backwards
rude slang Profoundly dysfunctional, regressive, or incompetent. The academy lath is so ass-backwards! Can you accept they took abroad our school's art program?
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