I've had a hard day

I had what you might call a hard day in the office — У меня сегодня на работе был тяжелый день

to play hard to get — se faire désirer

to be hard put to do — avoir du mal à faire

to be/feel hard done by — être/se sentir brimé

to go o grow o become hard — indurirsi

I've had a hard day — ho avuto una giornata dura

to be hard to open, find — essere difficile da aprire, da trovare

he's hard to please — è difficile da accontentare, è molto esigente

his choice was hard for me to understand — fu difficile per me comprendere la sua scelta

to find it hard to do sth. — avere difficoltà a fare qcs.

it was hard work (doing) — è stata dura (fare)

to do things the hard way — complicarsi la vita

to find sth. out o learn sth. the hard way — imparare qcs. a proprie spese

to be hard on sb. — essere duro, severo con qcn.

this tax is very hard on the unemployed — questa tassa grava molto sui disoccupati

the hard facts about sth. — la verità nuda e cruda su qcs

to be a hard drinker — essere un forte bevitore

the hard left, right — l'estrema sinistra, destra

so you think you're hard, do you? — credi di essere un duro, vero?

think hard! — pensaci bene!

to try hard — sforzarsi

no matter how hard I try, I... — per quanto ci provi, io...

to take sth. (very) hard — prendere (molto) male qcs

turn hard left at the traffic lights — al semaforo giri tutto a sinistra

to play hard to get — fare il prezioso, farsi desiderare

to be hard put to do — trovarsi in grande difficoltà a fare

to be, feel hard done by — essere, sentirsi trattato male

to go o grow o become hard — indurirsi

I've had a hard day — ho avuto una giornata dura

to be hard to open, find — essere difficile da aprire, da trovare

he's hard to please — è difficile da accontentare, è molto esigente

his choice was hard for me to understand — fu difficile per me comprendere la sua scelta

to find it hard to do sth. — avere difficoltà a fare qcs.

it was hard work (doing) — è stata dura (fare)

to do things the hard way — complicarsi la vita

to find sth. out o learn sth. the hard way — imparare qcs. a proprie spese

to be hard on sb. — essere duro, severo con qcn.

this tax is very hard on the unemployed — questa tassa grava molto sui disoccupati

the hard facts about sth. — la verità nuda e cruda su qcs

to be a hard drinker — essere un forte bevitore

the hard left, right — l'estrema sinistra, destra

so you think you're hard, do you? — credi di essere un duro, vero?

think hard! — pensaci bene!

to try hard — sforzarsi

no matter how hard I try, I... — per quanto ci provi, io...

to take sth. (very) hard — prendere (molto) male qcs

turn hard left at the traffic lights — al semaforo giri tutto a sinistra

to play hard to get — fare il prezioso, farsi desiderare

to be hard put to do — trovarsi in grande difficoltà a fare

to be, feel hard done by — essere, sentirsi trattato male

in days gone by — autrefois

it's all in a day's work — c'est du quotidien

not to give somebody the time of day — ignorer quelqu'un superbement

to pass the time of day — bavarder

it's one of those days! — il y a des jours comme ça!

those were the days — c'était le bon temps

to be a bit late in the day — être un peu tard

that'll be the day! — je voudrais voir ça!

to call it a day — s'arrêter là

to win the day — avoir le dessus

to have an off day — ne pas être dans son assiette

to have had its day — avoir fait son temps

to have seen better days — avoir connu des jours meilleurs

to make a day of it — profiter de la journée

to save the day — sauver la situation

to see the light of day — apparaître au grand jour

to take one day at a time — prendre les choses comme elles se présentent

your day will come — ton heure arrivera

this is hard to believe — das ist kaum zu glauben

make it hard for somebody [to do something] — es jemandem schwer machen[, etwas zu tun]

learn something the hard way — etwas durch schlechte Erfahrungen lernen

be hard of hearing — schwerhörig sein

have a hard time doing something — Schwierigkeiten haben, etwas zu tun

it is [a bit] hard on him — es ist [schon] schlimm für ihn

be a hard drinker — viel trinken

try one's hardest to do something — sich nach Kräften bemühen, etwas zu tun

concentrate hard/harder — sich sehr/mehr konzentrieren

try hard — sich sehr bemühen

be hard at it — schwer arbeiten

cut back hard on something — etwas drastisch einschränken

be hard put to it [to do something] — große Schwierigkeiten haben[, etwas zu tun]

set hard — fest werden

as hard as rocks or iron — steinhart

the ground was baked hard — der Boden war völlig ausgedörrt

this is hard to do, it is hard to do — es ist schwer, das zu tun

stories that are hard to understand — Geschichten, die schwer verständlich sind

that is a very hard question to answer — diese Frage lässt sich nur schwer beantworten

their prices are hard to beat — ihre Preise sind kaum zu unterbieten

it's hard to tell — es lässt sich schwer sagen, es ist schwer zu sagen

it was hard to believe — es war kaum zu glauben

I find it hard to believe — ich kann es kaum glauben

she found it hard to make friends — es fiel ihr schwer, Freunde zu finden

to do sth the hard way — etw auf die schwere Art machen

I don't see the point in doing it the hard way — warum soll man es sich schwer machen?

he leaves all the hard work to me — die ganze Schwerarbeit überlässt er mir

a hard worker — ein fleißiger Arbeiter

to be a hard worker — sehr fleißig sein

it was hard going — man kam nur mühsam voran

learning Japanese is hard going — Japanisch zu lernen ist sehr schwierig

to give sb/sth a hard push — jdm/etw einen harten Stoß versetzen

the job's a bit hard on the nerves — die Arbeit ist ziemlich nervenaufreibend

don't be so hard on the children — sei nicht so streng mit den Kindern

to have a hard time — es schwer or nicht leicht haben

I had a hard time finding a job — ich hatte Schwierigkeiten, eine Stelle zu finden

to give sb a hard time — jdm das Leben schwer machen

to fall on hard times — in finanzielle Schwierigkeiten geraten

there are no hard feelings between them — sie sind einander nicht böse

no hard feelings? — nimm es mir nicht übel

to try hard — sich wirklich Mühe geben

no matter how hard I try... — wie sehr ich mich auch anstrenge,...

you're not trying hard enough — du strengst dich nicht genügend an

he tried as hard as he could — er hat sein Bestes getan or sich nach Kräften bemüht

you're not thinking hard enough — du denkst nicht angestrengt genug nach

think harder — denk mal ein bisschen besser nach

she slammed the door hard behind us — sie knallte die Tür fest hinter uns zu

it was freezing hard — es herrschte strenger Frost

(= severely) to be hard pushed or put to do sth — es sehr schwer finden, etw zu tun

to clamp down hard —

to be hard done by — übel dran sein

he reckons he's hard done by having to work on Saturdays — er findet es ungerecht, dass er samstags arbeiten muss

they are hard hit by the cuts — sie sind von den Kürzungen schwer getroffen

she took it very hard — es traf sie sehr or schwer, es ging ihr sehr nahe

(= as far as possible) hard right/left — scharf rechts/links

to turn/go hard round — eine scharfe Kehrtwendung machen

bear hard round to your left —

(= close) to follow hard behind/upon sth — unmittelbar auf etw (acc) folgen

my sister was hard behind me — meine Schwester war direkt hinter mir

following hard upon the opening of the new cinema —

drive a hard bargain — hart verhandeln

this is hard to believe — das ist kaum zu glauben

it is hard to do something — es ist schwer, etwas zu tun

make it hard for somebody [to do something] — es jemandem schwer machen[, etwas zu tun]

learn something the hard way — etwas durch schlechte Erfahrungen lernen

be hard of hearing — schwerhörig sein

have a hard time doing something — Schwierigkeiten haben, etwas zu tun

it is [a bit] hard on him — es ist [schon] schlimm für ihn

be a hard drinker — viel trinken

try one's hardest to do something — sich nach Kräften bemühen, etwas zu tun

be hard [up]on somebody — streng mit jemandem sein

concentrate hard/harder — sich sehr/mehr konzentrieren

try hard — sich sehr bemühen

be hard at it — schwer arbeiten

cut back hard on something — etwas drastisch einschränken

be hard put to it [to do something] — große Schwierigkeiten haben[, etwas zu tun]

set hard — fest werden

to set hard — endurecerse*

to freeze hard — helarse*

hard to come by — difícil de conseguir

he's hard to please — es difícil de complacer, es exigente

I find that hard to believe — me cuesta creerlo

to learn something the hard way — aprender algo a base de cometer errores

to give somebody a hard time — hacérselas* pasar mal a alguien

these are hard times we're living in — vivimos tiempos difíciles

don't be too hard on him — no seas demasiado duro con él

hard luck — mala suerte

to take a long hard look at something — analizar* seriamente algo

children are very hard work — los niños dan mucho trabajo

he's a hard worker — es muy trabajador

I was hard at work — estaba concentrado en mi trabajo

he works his students very hard — hace trabajar mucho a sus alumnos

no matter how hard I try — por más que me esfuerzo

think hard before you decide — piénsalo muy bien antes de decidir

the southern states have been hardest hit — los estados del sur han sido los más afectados

her death hit him very hard — su muerte fue un duro golpe para él

to take something hard — tomarse algo muy mal