出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第212页（214字）
费尽心机，例为了使他们重归于好，我煞费苦心安排一个晚会，不料她又拒绝参加。
That there would be a reconciliation，I took the trouble ofgetting a party together for them to meet，but she refused to attend．