spare no effort

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

spare no effort (third-person singular simple present spares no effort, present participle sparing no effort, simple past and past participle spared no effort)

1. (idiomatic) To do everything within one's powers to achieve something.
   • 1951 April, T. S. Lascelles, “British Railway Signalling Since 1925”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 232:

     This reflects credit not only on the railway staffs concerned but on the various signalling firms, which have spared no effort to carry out research work, and test and apply, when feasible, every new idea.

Translations

do everything within one's powers to achieve something

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不遺餘力／不遗余力 (zh) (bùyíyúlì), 竭盡全力／竭尽全力 (zh) (jiéjìnquánlì), 全力以赴 (zh) (quánlìyǐfù)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: tehdä voitavansa, tehdä kaikki mahdollinen
• French: se mettre en frais (fr), tout faire pour, ne pas ménager sa peine, ne pas ménager ses efforts
• Hungarian: minden követ megmozgat (hu)
• Italian: non risparmiare fatiche
• Polish: nie szczędzić starań, nie szczędzić sił
• Portuguese: não medir esforços
• Russian: не жале́ть сил impf (ne žalétʹ sil)
• Spanish: no escatimar esfuerzos, no dolerle prendas

See also

• beg, borrow, or steal
• go to pains
• at pains
• go to great lengths