a devil of a time

and the devil of a time

n. a very difficult time. I had a devil of a time with my taxes.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Imran	-	Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Malay, Bengali
Durans	-	Late Roman
Imogen	IM-ə-jən	English (British)
Prudencio	proo-DHEN-thyo (Spanish), proo-DHEN-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Paderau	-	Welsh
Kapil	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi