sich ein Bein ausreißen
to bend over backwards
Türkçe: takla atmak
In a sentence
Die alleinerziehende Mutter reißt sich ein Bein aus, um die Kinder zu versorgen.
How it is used
Means 'to bend over backwards' (core: extreme effort). Colloquial register. Use when a team works overtime to meet a deadline. Nuance: implies exhausting effort, often for someone else's benefit.
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