jump through hoops

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do extra things before you get what you want

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It’s wonderful when it’s easy to get what you want. But that’s not always the case. Often, you have to do many things before you accomplish your goal and some of them may seem rather indirect. Doing those steps along the way is called jumping through hoops.

Jason wants to eat a cookie of Mason’s and Mason says he can have it. Great! All Jason has to do is grab it and start eating it, right? Wrong. Mason is going to make Jason jump through hoops first. He says Jason needs a plate and napkin. Luckily, there’s a plate and napkin in the room, so Jason doesn’t mind jumping through these hoops.

But just when Jason gets to the cookie, plate and napkin, Mason puts an actual, physical hoop in his way! Since this is EXTREME English, baby! Jason jumps through the hoop, no problem, and reaches his goal.

Can you think of a time when you had to jump through hoops to get what you wanted?

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“If you want to study abroad, there are lots of hoops you have to jump through. You have to get accepted to a school, get a student visa and do other things as well.”

“I can’t wait until my in-laws leave. I have been jumping through hoops to make them comfortable while they have been staying here.”

“She made the sale, but it wasn’t easy. She had to jump through hoops to convince the customer to buy the product.”

Winners

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	to do everything possible to obey or please someone by ilovepeace
	to do a lot of extra things so you can have or do something you want by amaryllis
	work hard for it or do something difficult to get it by periwinkle.chic
	to realize your wish you should make an effort before. nothing is for free in our lives. by OlgaSummer
	make more efforts, do some extra things. by sofree

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