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Hard Time Gave Give In The Loop 281 Difficult Unnecessary Difficulty

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Idiom GIVE (SOMEONE) A HARD TIME
Definition to be difficult with someone; to give someone unnecessary difficulty
Examples
  1. Patricia had not done a good job on the report, and she thought her boss would just ask her to redo it. Instead, gave her a hard time and wouldn’t stop talking about it. He gave her a hard time about the report.
  2. The students gave the new teacher a hard time on his first day. They dropped their books, passed notes while he was talking, and were generally uncooperative.
Category Emotions/Feelings: anger/being upset

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