jump through hoops

Meaning: (idiomatic)To put forthgreatefforttomeetrequirements, usuallyarbitrary, set by someone.They really made the salesmanjump through hoopsbefore buying anything.2010, Brad Johnson, Tammy Maxson McElroy,The Edutainer: Connecting the Art and Science of Teaching, page141:If learning is deemed valuable and important to the student, then the educator doesn't need a scripted curriculum or a fad initiative that has students and the educatorjumping through hoops.2014, Jason Brennan, Lisa Hill,Compulsory Voting: For and Against, page19:If a government says to citizens, “We will punish you for abstaining, unless youjump through the following legal hoops,” it is still coercing citizens.2020, Kevin J. Mahoney, Ellen K. Mahoney, Michelle Putnam,Self-Direction in Long Term Services and Supports:Caregivers also described having to “jump through hoops” to accomplish what they needed.

Examples:

EN: I'd make him jump through hoops.
ES: Se las haría pasar negras.
EN: Fella what drove 'em is still in the army. - He could make 'em jump through hoops. - Yeah?
ES: Su anterior dueño está en el ejército hacían números circenses.
EN: Won't you .. Take what little I have to offer and .. Not make me jump through hoops.
ES: ¿Por qué ... no tomas lo poco que tengo para ofrecerte en lugar de pedirme lo imposible?
EN: Tomorrow, maybe we'll have to jump through hoops just to eat.
ES: ¡Quizás mañana las pasaremos moradas para poder cenar!
EN: Either die of disgust or jump through hoops.
ES: O morirte de asco o pasar por el aro.
EN: You see, since the year 39 locked up here, on the farm so as not to jump through hoops. Do you know why Mrs. Marquesa does not speak?
ES: Verá, desde el año 39 encerrados aquí, en la finca... ..para no pasar por el aro. ¿Sabe por qué no habla la Sra. marquesa?
EN: No one's gonna make Stéphane Bertin jump through hoops
ES: Nadie conseguirá que Stéphane Bertin salte a través de un aro
EN: - I can handle it. - I'm not gonna jump through hoops tonight just because of this... Just shoot it to me.
ES: - Puedo controlarlo, sólo ponlo.
EN: We're really making the police jump through hoops
ES: Estamos haciendo lo que queremos con la policía.
EN: I'll get well and I'll jump through hoops, but I will not mention the Millennium Group again.
ES: Me pondré bien, me las veré negras, pero no volveré a mencionar el Grupo Milenio.
EN: Chicks love making us jump through hoops.
ES: A las chicas les encanta torturarnos.
EN: I've got better things to do than jump through hoops for a publicity stunt.
ES: Tengo cosas mejores que hacer que saltar a través de aros para un aviso publicitario.
EN: Sitting up here in your fancy, small-halled building making stars jump through hoops for you, huh?
ES: Sentado en tu edificio de pequeños pasillos haciendo saltar a las estrellas.
EN: He says old Grendall will jump through hoops for him.
ES: Dice que Grendall saltaría al aro si él se lo pidiera.
EN: You're paying me back... making me jump through hoops because I was making too much noise.
ES: Quieres hacerme pagar. Quieres hacerme pasar por el aro porque estaba haciendo mucho ruido.

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