go to the bother to (do something)
go to the bother to (do something)
To make an extra or deliberate effort to do something. Oh, you didn't have to go to the bother to prepare the guest bedroom for me—I could have just slept on the couch! A: "I see you didn't go to the bother to do the dishes last night." B: "I was just so tired!" Ah, don't go to the bother to make me lunch—I'm too nervous to eat anyway.
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