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
RoqueRO-ke (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
TrevTREV (English)Welsh, English
NedeljkoNED-e-lykoCroatian, Serbian
MyaMIE-əEnglish (Modern)
Amis-Medieval English, Medieval French
Omobolanle-Western African, Yoruba