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Tommy Tran
2021-02-04 03:02
Move heaven and earth verb phrase
To do anything possible to achieve something you want
I'm sure Hank will move heaven and earth to find out who did this.
I would move heaven and earth to keep you safe.
You know I would move heaven and earth just to be with you.
1. If you say enough bad things about someone, some of them will be believed.
2. Try many different ways or ideas, some of them will work.
To think or consider something seriously
To despise or make determined attempts less strong
Making a start on something is always difficult.
The verb "move" should be conjugated according to its tense.
The phrase has an uncertain origin and came into use in the 1700s. Some people believed it is related to Archimedes' statement:
“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.”
Others believed it came from a passage in the Bible, Haggai 2:6:
“…I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land…”
Do you see anything wrong?
1. To punch a hole in one's ticket to show that they have paid for a ride
2. To do something that allows one to go further in a competition or to be promoted at work
1. Please, tell me if I forget to punch your ticket.
2. With a view to punching my ticket to the final, I did whatever it takes to win this round.
