Go the extra mile

    加倍努力

    这个短语的字面解释是“多走一英里”，这是什么意思呢？请看对话：

    A: Have you invited John to join us in the club?

    B: Sure. He's a nice guy, always ready to go the extra mile for his friends.

    Note: This idiom means to "go above and beyond whatever is required for the task at hand" or to "try harder to please someone." It's from the "Sermon on the Mount" (Matthew chapter 5, verse 41): "whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain." This refers to a law which gave a Roman soldier on the march the right to grab any passing Jewish citizen and demand that he carry his kit for a mile. Jesus wanted his followers not just to put up with this but to go as far again voluntarily, in a spirit of charity and helpfulness.