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with the best will in the world

with the best will in the world idiom

No matter how much one wants to or tries, as in I couldn't eat another bite, not with the best will in the world. [Mid-1800s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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