| 释义 |
move mountains1Achieve spectacular and apparently impossible results: faith can move mountains...- We have faith in our chances, and faith can move mountains.
- If faith can move mountains, what can it do for a club's Premiership prospects?
- He told me that love is powerful, peace and grace are necessary for salvation, faith can move mountains, and that patience and understanding are important tools in life.
Synonyms perform miracles, work/do wonders, achieve the impossible 2Make every possible effort: his fans move mountains to catch as many of his performances as possible...- His supporters are moving mountains to allow him to enter the race.
- Dr. Barry, who moves mountains for her patients, is doing all that one doctor can do.
- There are many reasons why I retain a personal assistant, and this is one of the most important: I have moved mountains to engineer a lifestyle in which nobody expects much out of me before the hour of 11 a.m.
Synonyms make every effort, pull out all the stops, do one's utmost/best informal bend/lean over backwards See parent entry: mountain |