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anticlockwise[͵æntıʹklɒkwaız]
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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.

backward

a strikeout where the batter is struck out without swinging the bat, i.e., caught looking

buckwilding

to get buckwild means to have sex, see also wilding. A "buck" is a young, unbroken horse that cowboys try to master at a rodeo

dickweed

a jerk; a dislikeable person:"That dickweed gave the lab computers a virus"

fuckwit

derogatory term for an idiot

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。

run like clockwork

Idiom(s): run like clockwork

Theme: FUNCTIONING

to run very well; to progress very well.
• I want this office to run like clockwork—with everything on time and everything done right.
• The plans for the party were made and we knew that we could depend on Alice to make sure that everything would run like clockwork.

regular as clockwork

Idiom(s): (as) regular as clockwork

Theme: DEPENDABILITY

Dependably regular. (Informal.)
• She comes into this store every day, as regular as clockwork.
• Our tulips come up every year, regular as clockwork.

main strength and awkwardness

Idiom(s): main strength and awkwardness

Theme: EFFORT

great force; brute force. (Folksy. Fixed order.)
• They finally got the piano moved into the living room by main strength and awkwardness.
• Lifting the table must be done carefully. This is not a job requiring main strength and awkwardness.

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.

go like clockwork

Idiom(s): go like clockwork

Theme: DEPENDABILITY

to progress with regularity and dependability. (Informal.)
• The building project is progressing nicely. Everything is going like clockwork
• The elaborate pageant was a great success. It went like clockwork from start to finish.

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

know sth forwards and backwards

Like clockwork

If something happens like clockwork, it happens at very regular times or intervals.

Skunkworks

An unauthorised, or hidden program or activity, often research-oriented, and out of the bureaucratic chain of command is known as a 'skunkworks'.

bend over backwards for someone

do everything possible to help someone: "She bent over backwards for them when they first arrived in the town."

awkward age|age|awkward

n. Adolescence; awkwardness during adolescence. Sue used to be an "ugly duckling" when she was at the awkward age, but today she is a glamorous fashion model.

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.

bend over backward|backward|bend|bend over|lean|le

v. phr., informal To try so hard to avoid a mistake that you make the opposite mistake instead; do the opposite of something that you know you should not do; do too much to avoid doing the wrong thing; also, make a great effort; try very hard. Instead of punishing the boys for breaking a new rule, the principal bent over backward to explain why the rule was important. Mary was afraid the girls at her new school would be stuck up, but they leaned over backward to make her feel at home.
Compare: GO OUT OF ONE'S WAY.

fall over oneself|fall|fall over|fall over backwar

v. phr. To do everything you can to please someone; try very hard to satisfy someone. The hotel manager fell over backwards to give the movie star everything she wanted. The boys fell over themselves trying to get the new girl's attention.

go off like clockwork|clockwork|go|go like clockwo

v. phr., informal To run smoothly and regularly like the workings of a clock; go smoothly and without difficulty; go on time or as planned. The car's motor went like clockwork after Bob fixed it. The birthday party went off like clockwork and everyone had a good time.

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.

backward and forward

backward and forward
Also, backwards and forwards.
1) Same as back and forth.
2) Thoroughly, completely, as in He read the speech over and over, until he knew it backwards and forwards. [Late 1500s]

clockwork

clockwork
like clockwork
very regularly, precisely, and evenly