be falling over oneself

be falling over oneself
fall over/be falling over oneself inf разбиться в лепешку, лезть из кожи вон, из кожи вон лезть; делать наперебой

Governments were falling over each other to win these valuable contracts.

The idiots were all falling over themselves to buy his second-hand cars.

As soon as the film star appeared in the restaurant, all the waiters fell over themselves to see that she had everything she wanted.


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