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
Lucanus-Ancient Roman
IssacharIS-ə-kahr (English)Biblical
Doyle[dɔil]
Calbhach-Irish
Yemima-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Loreto-Italian, Spanish