WordNet
fall over backwards
v. try very hard to please someone; "She falls over backwards when she sees her mother-in-law" [syn: bend over backwards]
Usage examples of "fall over backwards".
He must have had all the time in the world before I'd start to fall over backwards.
She laughed so hard she let herself fall over backwards, which was fun.
A chair seemed to fall over backwards, a bureau drawer was pulled out too far and crashed to the floor, there was fumbling and thudding and muttered thick language.