Jump through hoops

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English Idiom: Jump through hoops

Believe it or not, we are all jumping through hoops every day.

You may not see them, but they are there.

We have to jump through a few hoops to do most things in life.

This means there are many steps to take to buy a car, publish a book, get approval for a day off from work, or move to another town.

There are forms that we need to fill out and documents that we need to get.

Sometimes, these things are complicated. If you move to a new town, you must go to the city hall in your old city and get some documentation.

Then, you have to bring that documentation to the city hall in your new town and fill out some more documents.

Don’t forget your stamp, either; you need that, too.

There are many hoops to jump through, and you sometimes feel like a circus performer.

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