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hard time

noun

a period of difficulties or hardship.
Slang. time actually served in a prison or other penal institution:
He had merely been fined before, but now was sentenced to 90 days' hard time in the county jail.
give a hard time, Informal. to bother, annoy, or harass:
He gave me a hard time about the money I owe him.

First recorded in 1905–10

For years, Cuomo gave me a hard time every time we crossed paths about whether I had cuffs or pleats.

Ivgy herself formed a special attachment to Zohar and says she “had a really hard time” once shooting wrapped.

Even the most enterprising toddler would have a hard time swallowing one.

I think audience members will have a hard time resisting her charm.

“I think millennials staying home and socializing on the Internet is a real factor in bars having a hard time,” he says.

I had a hard time keeping him away from the herd, and despite all my urging, he ran right into the river.

I had a hard time among them, and was satisfied that they intended to execute me.

That might come later, but Jacob was now in the midst of his troubles, and was having a hard time.

But it came to pass on the day before the wedding that all men knew thereof in stern truth, and that was a hard time for many.

Percy's regiment, the Scots Greys, are in the trenches at present having a hard time.

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