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
Seyyed	-	Persian
Juliet	['dʒu:ljət]
Simo	SEE-mo (Finnish)	Finnish, Serbian
Pallu	PAL-yoo (English)	Biblical
Zuri	-	Eastern African, Swahili
Phyllis	['filis]