Meaning of jump through hoops in English

jump through hoops

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to have to do a lot of things that seem difficult or unnecessary in order to achieve something:
We had to jump through hoops to get my Dad admitted to hospital.
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(Definition of jump through hoops from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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jump through hoops

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to do a lot of extra things, esp. silly or difficult things, to achieve something:
We had to jump through hoops to get my Dad admitted to the hospital.
(Definition of jump through hoops from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of jump through hoops

in Chinese (Traditional)
克服種種障礙…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
克服种种障碍…
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in Spanish
vérselas negras…
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