| 单词 | to make heavy weather of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make heavy weather of b. figurative, esp. in to make heavy weather of: to make (unnecessary) fuss or labour over. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > make difficult > make unnecessary difficulty over to make heavy weather of1915 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [verb (transitive)] > perform with labour, toil at > unnecessarily to make heavy weather of1915 1915 ‘I. Hay’ First Hundred Thousand i. xiii. §2 The feckless and muddle-headed, making heavy weather of the simplest tasks. 1955 Times 21 July 8/5 The Geneva conference ran into heavy weather this morning, but made some ground later. 1957 Listener 24 Oct. 664/1 He makes rather heavy weather of the difference. 1960 V. Gielgud To Bed at Noon i. xii. 92 Aren't you making rather heavy weather out of nothing? < as lemmas |
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