hard going

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hard going

  1. (especially reading and study material) Difficult to understand and enjoy.
    • 1960 January, “New reading on railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 26:
      THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF WORLD RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES. Edited by P. Ransome-Wallis. Hutchinson. 50s. [...] Its only noticeable defect is inconsistency in presentation and loose editing, which make its use harder going for the amateur than need be.
  2. (of a task) Difficult and requiring a lot of effort.

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