Idiom
tough case
Meaning
A person who is difficult to work with.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My new coworker is a tough case.”
“I tried to be friendly, but he is a tough case who refuses to cooperate with the team.”
“Despite her extensive experience in conflict resolution, she found the client to be a tough case who resisted every reasonable suggestion.”
Examples
simple
“My new coworker is a tough case.”
contextual
“I tried to be friendly, but he is a tough case who refuses to cooperate with the team.”
complex
“Despite her extensive experience in conflict resolution, she found the client to be a tough case who resisted every reasonable suggestion.”
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