英语词汇“to give a hard time”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P10. Originally and chiefly U.S. to give (a person) a hard time: (a) to make life difficult for (a person); (b) to criticize or chastise (a person); to mock or tease.

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1837 Maine Farmer 4 Apr. 1/2 Old winter is fast leaving us. He has given us a hard time of it.]

1876 N.-Y. Times 31 Dec. 6/7 He..was hunted by detectives, who gave him a hard time.

1948 Harper's Mag. Aug. 72/1 Keep your sense of humor and don't give me a hard time because you can't always get the reservations you want.

1955 C. E. Mercer There comes Time xi. 153 He shook his head. ‘She's just giving him a hard time in the way she does everyone. Meanness, most call it.’

1974 ‘P. Mann’ Dog Day Afternoon (1975) xvii. 152 They gave him a hard time for several minutes, until Moretti showed up and busted ass for a while.

1990 N. Blei Chi Town 146 Nobody here gives me a hard time 'cept this mailman here... He tried to give me a knuckle sandwich the other day.

2005 New Yorker 3 Jan. 46/1 I remember him sitting in the bleachers and these guys around him giving him a hard time, calling him ‘Kush-Kush’.

单词	to give a hard time
释义	> as lemmas to give (a person) a hard time P10. Originally and chiefly U.S. to give (a person) a hard time: (a) to make life difficult for (a person); (b) to criticize or chastise (a person); to mock or tease. ΚΠ 1837 Maine Farmer 4 Apr. 1/2 Old winter is fast leaving us. He has given us a hard time of it.] 1876 N.-Y. Times 31 Dec. 6/7 He..was hunted by detectives, who gave him a hard time. 1948 Harper's Mag. Aug. 72/1 Keep your sense of humor and don't give me a hard time because you can't always get the reservations you want. 1955 C. E. Mercer There comes Time xi. 153 He shook his head. ‘She's just giving him a hard time in the way she does everyone. Meanness, most call it.’ 1974 ‘P. Mann’ Dog Day Afternoon (1975) xvii. 152 They gave him a hard time for several minutes, until Moretti showed up and busted ass for a while. 1990 N. Blei Chi Town 146 Nobody here gives me a hard time 'cept this mailman here... He tried to give me a knuckle sandwich the other day. 2005 New Yorker 3 Jan. 46/1 I remember him sitting in the bleachers and these guys around him giving him a hard time, calling him ‘Kush-Kush’. extracted from hardadj.n. < as lemmas
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