Idiom
make heavy going of
Meaning
to make heavy weather of
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He makes heavy going of simple tasks.”
“The student makes heavy going of his homework because he refuses to use a dictionary.”
“Although the project was straightforward, the manager made heavy going of the presentation, turning a simple update into a confusing and exhausting ordeal for the entire team.”
Examples
simple
“He makes heavy going of simple tasks.”
contextual
“The student makes heavy going of his homework because he refuses to use a dictionary.”
complex
“Although the project was straightforward, the manager made heavy going of the presentation, turning a simple update into a confusing and exhausting ordeal for the entire team.”
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