Example
“Her parents moved heaven and earth to find the medical care she needed.”
Dictionary details
Related idioms
Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.
cost the earth
Informal · CEFR B2
to be extraordinarily expensive
move the needle
Neutral · CEFR B2
to have a significant, measurable effect on a key metric or outcome
move fast and break things
Informal · CEFR C1
a philosophy of shipping quickly and accepting breakage in order to learn faster
break the back of
Neutral · CEFR B2
to get past the main obstacle so that the remaining work becomes easier
go for broke
Neutral · CEFR B2
to stake everything on one final effort to win or succeed
half the battle
Neutral · CEFR B2
the most important part of achieving something
Source methodology
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