very+hard
41hard labor — noun : compulsory labor imposed upon imprisoned criminals as a part of the prison discipline but not necessarily more severe nor greater in amount than that customarily performed by ordinary laborers * * * ˌhard ˈlabour [hard labour] (especially… …
42hard to swallow — 1. difficult to accept. The terms of the agreement were hard to swallow, but I needed the work. My father s anger was very hard to swallow. 2. not easy to believe. We found her excuse hard to swallow. Related vocabulary: take something with a… …
43hard to please — adjective (of persons) his father was a hard to please taskmaster was very hard to please • Syn: ↑hard to please • Similar to: ↑demanding …
44hard-to-please — adjective (of persons) his father was a hard to please taskmaster was very hard to please • Syn: ↑hard to please • Similar to: ↑demanding …
45hard going — difficult to understand or enjoy the studying is at times hard going * * * ˌhard ˈgoing idiom difficult to understand or needing a lot of effort • I m finding his latest novel very hard going. Main entry: ↑hardidiom …
46hard crab — Any crab that has not recently molted and is very hard, due to compounds of calcium and other minerals in the shell. (Syn. hard shelled crab) [Bliss, 1982] …
47hard-working */ — UK / US adjective a hard working person puts a lot of effort into their work She was very hard working and reliable …
48hard as nails — adjective Very hard; tough …
49hard nut to crack — noun A particularly difficult problem to solve. Finding a generic solution to this set of problems has been a very hard nut to crack. Syn: difficult nut to crack, tough nut to crack …
50hard on — (smb/smth) treat something/someone roughly His son is very hard on shoes …
