have a thin time

If your attitude to me is anything to go by, Petula must have a thin time of it.'

On one of the rougher planets, where it was generally conceded that man would have a thin time surviving, something worse happened.

Going up against the Lizards, the Red Air Force still had a thin time of it.

He's had a thin time.

"It's much overrated," Silk told him, "and winter's a thin time for birds and wagoneers both."

"You must have a thin time of it if you giggle every time you think,"Ramagesaid with a straight face.

If the Wehrmacht had had guns like those, Red Air Force planes would have had a thin time of it indeed.

If civilization falls, you'll have a thin time carrying on," That was as long a speech as he had ever made, even addressing the Zera on a high occasion.

East-west contraband trade is becoming so big that the deals are now being handled by the principals themselves, and the Swiss and Austrian middlemen who used to handle these transactions are having a thin time of it.

wondered if you would like to go and stay for a day or two before you pick her up... You've had a thin time of it for the last few years, and now I'm going to give you a cheque to spend on clothes you should be able to fit yourself out in Edinburgh.