hard time

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Difficulties; a difficult time; trouble
a term served in a maximum security prison
a difficulty that can be overcome with effort; "we had a hard time getting here"; "analysts predicted rough sledding for handset makers"
give somebody a hard time
To tease, kid, or rib

He's usually pretty good-natured when the children give him a hard time about his bald spot.

Hard Times
a book by Charles Dickens about life in an imaginary industrial city in northern England. One of its main characters is the businessman Thomas Gradgrind, who is only interested in facts and practical matters, and teaches his children that love and imagination have no use or value (1854)
gave him a hard time
hassled him, made his life very difficult
had a hard time
suffered, endured, had a difficult time
hard times
difficult period, trying times, troubled times (caused by economic problems, etc.)
hard times
a time of difficulty
has a hard time
has difficulty, has problems
hard time

    Turkish pronunciation

    härd taym

    Pronunciation

    /ˈhärd ˈtīm/ /ˈhɑːrd ˈtaɪm/

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