have the devil's own job



have the devil's own job doing something/to do something

  (old-fashioned)
to spend a long time trying to do something difficult I had the devil's own job to find a parking space near here.
See also: have, job, own

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ČEdomirCHE-do-meer (Croatian)Serbian, Croatian
&Aelig;&Eth;Elwine-Anglo-Saxon
JaromÍR-Czech
WodanVO-dahn (German)Germanic Mythology
MerielMER-ee-əlEnglish (Archaic)
Fishke-Yiddish