have a hard time



have a hard time doing something

to have difficulty doing something With all the traffic noise, Mr. Packard had a hard time hearing the reporters' questions.
See also: hard, have, time

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Farouk-Arabic
RonaldRAHN-əldScottish, English
Cayetanokie-e-TAH-noSpanish
Vespasiano-Italian
Uri-Biblical, Biblical Latin, Hebrew
ŚWiĘTosŁAwshvyen-TAW-swahfPolish (Archaic)