to go to great pains

to go to great pains
to go to great pains or to go to a lot of trouble or to go to a lot of bother 费很大劲；大费周折
- Please don't go to a lot of bother. 请不要太麻烦了。
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to go to great pains
4. to take (great) pains or to go to great pains 煞费苦心；尽心竭力
- I had taken great pains with my appearance. 我精心打扮自己。
- She took great pains to conceal the fact from her parents. 为了对父母隐瞒真相, 她煞费苦心。
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