be hard done by

Meaning

1. be / feel hard done by

   to be or feel unfairly treated

   She has every right to feel hard done by — her parents have given her nothing.

In the movies · 3

• Never seen a man so proud of the hard work he'd done.The King Tide2024
• The Los Angeles Police Department is thankful for all the hard work done by the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department in making this joyful reunion possible.Changeling2008
• I understand how you feel. You've just done hard time.American History X1998

Learn it in full scenes

• American History X1998
  • Sweeney Makes Danny a Deal
  • Derek Vinyard's TV Interview
  • The Basketball Court Bet

From the same entry

• be hard on
• drive a hard bargain
• give a hard time
• hard and fast
• hard as nails
• hard cheese
• hard going
• hard luck
• the hard way
• make hard work of
• no hard feelings
• play hard to get