not for (a) lack of trying

Despite putting forth a significant amount of effort or energy. A: "So, did he get you to go on a date with him?" B: "No. Not for lack of trying, mind you." I'm sorry your team lost, but it wasn't for a lack of trying!

not for lack/want of ˈtrying

used to say that although somebody has not succeeded in something, they have tried very hard: He’s had no success in finding a job, though not for lack of trying.

词组	not for (a) lack of trying
释义	not for (a) lack of trying not for (a) lack of trying Despite putting forth a significant amount of effort or energy. A: "So, did he get you to go on a date with him?" B: "No. Not for lack of trying, mind you." I'm sorry your team lost, but it wasn't for a lack of trying! See also: lack, not, of, trying Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. not for lack/want of ˈtrying used to say that although somebody has not succeeded in something, they have tried very hard: He’s had no success in finding a job, though not for lack of trying. See also: lack, not, of, trying, want Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: from this/that day forth break a sweat from that day/time forth not rest on (one's) laurels not rest on your laurels go forth set forth do or die do or die, to stretch forth
随便看	at the back of beyond at the back of (one's) mind at the back of your mind at the best of times at the bottom of the food chain at the bottom of the heap at the bottom of the hour at the bottom of the ladder at the bottom/top of the pile/heap at the break of dawn at the buzzer at the chalkface at the coalface at the crack of dawn at the crossroads at the cutting edge at the cutting edge of something at the dot at the double at the drop of a hat at the eleventh hour at the end of nowhere at the end of (one's) fingertips at the end of (one's) rope at the end of (one's) tether