Out of your way
To do more than necessary.
Stephanie: “Where did you go babe?”
Sam: “I was just helping just moving some of the neighbor’s furniture.”
Stephanie: “Aw, you didn’t have to go out of your way in helping my friend Sarah move her furnture.”
Sam: “I was just helping just moving some of the neighbor’s furniture.”
Stephanie: “Aw, you didn’t have to go out of your way in helping my friend Sarah move her furnture.”
get out of your own way
It is when a person is blocking their own progress; They cheat themselves with regards to success; They stopped using their intellect and make unwise decisions.
Tim could have been the owner of his own company, but his bad attitude towards the lender stopped him receiving the loan, get out of your own way, they stopped using their intellect and made an unwise decision