have a hard time

idiom

: to experience difficulty doing something

She's having a hard time living within her budget.

The school has had a hard time recruiting substitute teachers.

He's been having a hard time with his research paper.

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Dads will have a hard time refusing Southern Tide’s popular 6-inch Shoreline shorts, great for sailing, kayaking, beaching, or whatever else your dad gets up to in the water. —Lauren Finney Harden, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2024

Employees who currently work for the company and who might have knowledge of the disparagement will have a hard time sharing hard evidence about the disparagement of a former colleague. —Christine Shen, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024

Chelsea and DeBoer also star in their own HGTV series, Down Home Fab. 05 of 07 Kailyn Lowry's Son, Isaac Elliot Rivera Kailyn Lowry and her son's father Jo Rivera also had a hard time finding a middle ground as teen parents. —Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024

Eric Trump dismissed any suggestion that the Trump family, given the various legal challenges, might have a hard time getting a bank loan to build the project. —Eric Lipton, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024

The main camera has a hard time capturing detail, even in bright light, and shots are generally noisy. —PCMAG, 11 Apr. 2024

No one had a hard time making the personal connection on this. —Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2024

While many Blue Stem forms have a hard time standing up in the garden, ‘Standing Ovation’ stands tall. —Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 5 Apr. 2024

Most South Korean youths would also have a hard time relating to the elite education the two men received in both Koreas. —Michelle Lee, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024