work miracles

idiom

1

: to do the kind of amazing or wonderful thing that is believed to be only within the power of God

I'll do my best, but I can't work miracles.

2

: to do something amazing or wonderful

She worked miracles with the redecorating.

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In the days following our interview water started flowing to the vast majority of Asheville due to the herculean work and response from teams sent in from all over — federal, state, and local — to work miracles on our water system. —Sid Evans, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024

Pochettino will not be expected to work miracles and win the next World Cup. —Rudy Chinchilla, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024

Craig Counsell wasn’t hired to work miracles with the Cubs. —Phil Rogers, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024

Many conservatives assume that the market can work miracles and produce firms which can educate the uneducable. —Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2010

This experience helped shape my desire to be a part of making people’s lives better, to try to forge a world where families and children didn’t have to work miracles to survive or to live with dignity. —Josefina Santos, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2023

Unfortunately, guzzling water from your Stanley tumbler won't work miracles for your heels. —Marisa Petrarca, Allure, 30 June 2023

While there is no miracle food for preventing dementia, good food can often work miracles. —Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023

But don't expect the technology to work miracles. —PCMAG, 28 Feb. 2023