Moby Thesaurus. Grady Ward. 1996.
have a (hard) job doing do something — have a (hard/difficult) job doing/to do sth idiom to have difficulty doing sth • You ll have a job convincing them that you re right. • He had a hard job to make himself heard. Main entry: ↑jobidiom … Useful english dictionary
have a (hard) job to do something — have a (hard/difficult) job doing/to do sth idiom to have difficulty doing sth • You ll have a job convincing them that you re right. • He had a hard job to make himself heard. Main entry: ↑jobidiom … Useful english dictionary
hard — 1 solid, *firm Analogous words: compact, dense, *c!ose: consolidated, compacted, concentrated (see COMPACT vb): *hardened, indurated, callous Antonyms: soft Contrasted words: fluid, *Iiquid: flabby, flaccid, *Iimp: pliant, pliable, *plastic:… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
hard\ row\ to\ hoe — • hard row to hoe • tough row to hoe n. phr. A hard life to live; a very hard job to do. She has a hard row to hoe with six children and her husband dead. Young people without enough education will have a tough row to hoe when they have to… … Словарь американских идиом
job — noun 1 employment ADJECTIVE ▪ decent, good, great, worthwhile ▪ interesting ▪ high powered, top ▪ … Collocations dictionary
job — n. task 1) to do a job 2) to take on a job 3) a backbreaking; difficult, hard job 4) odd jobs (he does odd jobs) 5) a job to + inf. (it was quite a job to find him = it was quite a job finding him = we had quite a job finding him) employment 6)… … Combinatory dictionary
job — [[t]ʤɒ̱b[/t]] ♦ jobs 1) N COUNT A job is the work that someone does to earn money. Once I m in America I can get a job... Thousands have lost their jobs... I felt the pressure of being the first woman in the job. ...overseas job vacancies. 2) N… … English dictionary
hard row to hoe — or[tough row to hoe] {n. phr.} A hard life to live; a very hard job to do. * /She has a hard row to hoe with six children and her husband dead./ * /Young people without enough education will have a tough row to hoe when they have to support… … Dictionary of American idioms
hard row to hoe — or[tough row to hoe] {n. phr.} A hard life to live; a very hard job to do. * /She has a hard row to hoe with six children and her husband dead./ * /Young people without enough education will have a tough row to hoe when they have to support… … Dictionary of American idioms
hard labor — Synonyms and related words: arduousness, backbreaking work, burdensomeness, confinement, dismemberment, effortfulness, estrapade, galleys, hard job, hard work, impalement, imprisonment, incarceration, jailing, keelhauling, laboriousness,… … Moby Thesaurus
