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hard time
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | hard time - a difficulty that can be overcome with effort; "we had a hard time getting here"; "analysts predicted rough sledding for handset makers"rough sleddingdifficulty - a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties" | | 2. | hard time - a term served in a maximum security prisonprison term, sentence, time - the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail" |
hard time
hard timeTime spent in a prison, often implied to be as unpleasant as possible. When we catch these criminals, they're going to be doing at least 20 years of hard time. Solitary confinement is the hardest time you can do.See also: hard, timehard time1. Also, hard times. A period of difficulty or hardship, especially financial hardship. For example, Since Mom died, Christmas has been a hard time for Dad, or It's been hard times for both of them since they split up. It is also put as have a hard time, as in I'm having a hard time finishing this book. Charles Dickens used Hard Times as the title of a novel about poverty (1854). A more recent version is have a time of it, which despite its ambiguity (not specifying either "good" or "bad") nearly always means "experiencing difficulty"; for example, We had quite a time of it in that hurricane. [Late 1300s] 2. give someone a hard time. Annoy or harass someone. For example, Don't let him give you a hard time; he's often late himself. [Colloquial; early 1900s] See also: hard, timehard time1. n. a difficult experience. I had a hard time at the doctor’s office. 2. n. a prison sentence. (Underworld.) How much hard time does he have behind him? See also: hard, timehard time
Synonyms for hard timenoun a difficulty that can be overcome with effortSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a term served in a maximum security prisonRelated Words |