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make heavy weather of

  • 1 make heavy weather of

    (to find surprising difficulty in doing: He said he'd finish the job in half an hour, but he's making rather heavy weather of it.) poriadne sa zapotiť

    English-Slovak dictionary > make heavy weather of

  • 2 heavy

    ['hevi]
    1) (having great weight; difficult to lift or carry: a heavy parcel.) ťažký
    2) (having a particular weight: I wonder how heavy our little baby is.) ťažký
    3) (of very great amount, force etc: heavy rain; a heavy blow; The ship capsized in the heavy seas; heavy taxes.) hustý; silný; rozbúrený; ťaživý
    4) (doing something to a great extent: He's a heavy smoker/drinker.) veľký
    5) (dark and dull; looking or feeling stormy: a heavy sky/atmosphere.) zamračený; dusný
    6) (difficult to read, do, understand etc: Books on philosophy are too heavy for me.) ťažký
    7) ((of food) hard to digest: rather heavy pastry.) ťažký
    8) (noisy and clumsy: heavy footsteps.) ťažký, ťažkopádny
    - heaviness
    - heavy-duty
    - heavy industry
    - heavyweight
    - heavy going
    - a heavy heart
    - make heavy weather of
    * * *
    • silný
    • tažký
    • tažkopádny

    English-Slovak dictionary > heavy

  • 3 weather

    ['weƟə] 1. noun
    (conditions in the atmosphere, especially as regards heat or cold, wind, rain, snow etc: The weather is too hot for me; stormy weather; ( also adjective) a weather chart/report, the weather forecast.) počasie
    2. verb
    1) (to affect or be affected by exposure to the air, resulting in drying, change of colour, shape etc: The wind and sea have weathered the rocks quite smooth.) zvetrať
    2) (to survive safely: The ship weathered the storm although she was badly damaged.) prežiť, prekonať
    - weathercock
    - weathervane
    - weatherperson
    - make heavy weather of
    - under the weather
    * * *
    • zvetrat
    • prežit
    • prestát
    • rozkladat sa
    • ošlahat
    • pocasie
    • otužit
    • otužovat
    • povetrie
    • odolat
    • oboplávat
    • obstát

    English-Slovak dictionary > weather

См. также в других словарях:

  • make heavy weather of — To find excessive difficulty in • • • Main Entry: ↑weather * * * see weather * * * make heavy weather of Brit informal : to treat (something) in a way that makes it seem more important or difficult than it really is an actor who makes heavy… …   Useful english dictionary

  • make heavy weather of — ► make heavy weather of informal have unnecessary difficulty in dealing with (a task or problem). [ORIGIN: from the nautical phrase make good or bad weather of it, referring to a ship in a storm.] Main Entry: ↑weather …   English terms dictionary

  • make heavy weather of — (something/doing something) British & Australian to take a longer time than necessary to do something. He s making heavy weather of writing his report, Ingrid finished hers days ago …   New idioms dictionary

  • make heavy weather of something — phrase to make a situation or job more difficult than it really is Thesaurus: to cause problems for yourselfsynonym Main entry: heavy * * * make heavy ˈweather of sth idiom to seem to find sth more difficult or complicated than it needs to be …   Useful english dictionary

  • make heavy weather of something — make heavy weather of (something/doing something) British & Australian to take a longer time than necessary to do something. He s making heavy weather of writing his report, Ingrid finished hers days ago …   New idioms dictionary

  • make heavy weather of doing something — make heavy weather of (something/doing something) British & Australian to take a longer time than necessary to do something. He s making heavy weather of writing his report, Ingrid finished hers days ago …   New idioms dictionary

  • make heavy weather — phrasal : to experience difficulty in making progress : flounder, labor made heavy weather with his algebra …   Useful english dictionary

  • make heavy weather of — informal have unnecessary difficulty in dealing with (a task or problem). [from the naut. phr. make good or bad weather of it, referring to a ship in a storm.] → weather …   English new terms dictionary

  • make heavy weather of something — to make a situation or job more difficult than it really is …   English dictionary

  • make heavy weather of —  Have difficulty with …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • heavy weather — noun Usage: Brit : considerable difficulty : heavy going often used in the phrase make heavy weather of …   Useful english dictionary

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