at pains
at pains
Striving. Used to describe someone who is putting forth effort towards some goal or end. Annabelle is at pains to make sure her relatives are comfortable when they come to visit. So far, she's cleaned the whole house and set up all the guest rooms.
See also: pain
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- at pains to
- at pains, be at
- be at pains
- be at pains to do something
- burst a blood vessel
- strive toward
- strive toward (something)
- bustle
- bustle about
- bustle about some place