make hard work of

Meaning

1. make hard work of sth

   to use more time or energy on a task than is necessary

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
• no hard feelings
• play hard to get
• too much like hard work