Is the idiom "jump through hoops" commonly used and suited for casual talks? Hope native speakers can help?

Yes it basically means to do lot`s of things to please someone. a href="http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/jump+through+hoops" rel="nofollow"http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/jump…/a a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/jump-through-hoops" rel="nofollow"http://www.answers.com/topic/jump-throug…/a