| 词汇 | heavy going |
| 释义 | Idiom heavy going Theme: DIFFICULTY difficult to do, understand, or make progress with. (Informal.)Jim finds math heavy going.Talking to Mary is heavy going. She has nothing to say. heavy goingDifficult, especially due to being tedious, boring, or unpleasant. Reading medieval literature is heavy going—I have to stop every few minutes to define a term I've never heard of. heavy goingdifficult to do, understand, or make progress with. Jim finds math heavy going. Talking to Mary is heavy going. She has nothing interesting to say. heavy goingAlso, heavy weather. 1. Difficult, as in Tom found calculus heavy going, or It's going to be heavy weather for us from here on. The first expression originally referred to a road or path that was hard to negotiate; the variant alludes to bad weather at sea. [Mid-1800s] 2. make heavy weather of. Make hard work or a fuss over something, especially unnecessarily. For example, They made heavy weather of the differences between their proposals, which actually seemed much alike . This use of weather likens a commotion to a storm. [Mid-1900s] ˌheavy ˈgoingboring, tiring, difficult, etc: I do find her novels very heavy going.The last part of the journey was rather heavy going because of the muddy paths.The going is the condition of the ground, especially in horse racing. |
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