heavy going

They didn't half make heavy going of what should have been a fairly comfortable home tie, though.

Pilar was climbing up to them, making heavy going of it in the boulders.

The French-speaker made heavy going of the place names.

He counted six men making heavy going of it over the dunes.

Making law firms interesting is once more heavy going.

The Kushans, encumbered with armor and gear, had made heavy going of the march.

At least this is one possible explanation of why this show is such heavy going.

Readers may find some of this heavy going, and I'm not convinced so much theoretical scaffolding needed to remain visible.

Even Lagoans who thought they spoke his language made heavy going of it.

All were present, but Bobo was making heavy going of it.