jump through hoops

Idioms  

1. Do just about anything to please someone. For example, The boss expects the entire staff to jump through hoops for him, or This violinist will jump through hoops for the conductor. This metaphoric expression alludes to trained circus animals jumping through hoops. [Early 1900s]

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Example Sentences

"They've made me jump through hoops," the senior data analyst for the NHS says.

From BBC

For almost half the 20th Century, Soviet people had to jump through hoops to listen to foreign broadcasts, and for some it was truly a sport, remembers Natalia Rubinstein, an ex-BBC presenter and former resident of Leningrad, or modern-day St Petersburg.

From BBC

“You have to jump through hoops to have an Airbnb,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

"I am a blue badge holder and I have to pay because I am not computer literate," he says, arguing that "you have to jump through hoops to get this discount".

From BBC

“I just have to jump through hoops and prove that it’s mine.”

From Los Angeles Times