bend over backwards

Someone who is not only a former president, but is a leading candidate, a judge is going to bend over backwards to avoid putting him in jail.

“We are bending over backwards,” said Patrick McCormick, the head of hiring at the San Francisco Police Department.

“If I’m not bending over backwards and am like, ‘Oh my God, I’m so grateful.

“The judges are bending over backwards to avoid litigation over whether Trump’s rights are being infringed,” said Donald B. Ayer, who was a top Justice Department official in the George H.W.

"He is showing how he is bending over backwards."