English Idioms2

gerardM a écrit:GO TO GREAT LENGTHS: make a strong effort to achieve a certain result. Wall Street Journal: <<LONDON— Adam Stratton showed up just after 5 a.m. last Wednesday to an underground shopping mall here in the Canary Wharf business district. He wouldn’t leave for 28 hours.
The purpose of his vigil: to hold a spot in line for his boss, a nightclub owner who wanted to buy a condominium in 10 Park Drive, a new 345-unit development in the area. Mr. Stratton, a 23-year-old bouncer, was paid £300 ($466) for his effort.

In London’s booming housing market, buyers are still going to great lengths to secure their investments. That is especially so areas in away from the center, where prices were up only 1.6% in May from a year earlier compared with a 10.1% rise across the whole of London, according to property-analytics firm Hometrack.>>

Gérard is "to go to great lengths" can be translated in "to make an all-out effort"?

MurielB a écrit:... Gérard is "to go to great lengths" can be translated in "to make an all-out effort"?

Yes Muriel, it's similar.

> Gérard is "to go to great lengths" can be translated in...
"is... can be..." - Your wording is a bit dodgy Muriel, I assume you didn't read again.

I agree Gérard, I will find something simple.

Gérard Do "to go to great lengths"  and  "to make an all-out effort" mean the same ?

It's two-for-one Thursday! WEASEL WORDS are intentionally ambiguous words used to avoid making a definite statement. ("To "weasel out" is to wriggle out of or avoid something, like a weasel, a very flexible animal.) and to PASS THE BUCK is to transfer blame to someone else. Michigan Radio (USA): <<Here’s something I’d like to hear a politician in office say, just once. “My fellow citizens, I screwed up. I made the wrong choice, partly because I was too stubborn to listen to advice.”
“This resulted in bad policy and cost taxpayers money. The fault is mine alone, and I am going to try hard to fix it, and hope I can regain your confidence and your trust.”
Or words to that effect, anyway. I’m not talking about dreary admissions of sexual escapades. I’m not talking about the ritual claims that “mistakes were made,” or the intoning of the formulaic slogan, “I take full responsibility,” which is usually followed by some weasel words indicating the politician is trying to pass the buck to his or her subordinates.>>

Idiom #73: Lose Touch [Top 100 Famous Idioms] | English Passio
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It's settled like clockwork

It runs very well or it progresses very well

Here is another one I like

I could hear the grass growing ! To be very aware or discerning; to pay attention to every small detail.

SHOT ACROSS THE BOW: a warning against doing something. Lubbock Online (Texas, USA): <<Steven Sann also was ordered to forfeit $500,000 during the sentencing by U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen in Missoula. Prosecutors said he had transferred that amount to his personal investment accounts.
“Sann engaged in a complex manipulation of tens of thousands of consumers across the country,” Montana U.S. Attorney Michael Cotter said in a statement. “We have held this man accountable for his crimes and sent a shot across the bow warning others who would engage in similar conduct.”>>

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Idiom #63: Hit the Nail on the Head [Top 100 Famous Idioms] | English Passio
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Thanks Gérard for the funny expressing which is "He hit it right "

Idiom #61: Go the Extra Mile [Top 100 Famous Idioms] | English Passio
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He is ready to be carted away

He is very tired...