hard going

== English == === Phrase === hard going (especially reading and study material) Difficult to understand and enjoy. (of a task) Difficult and requiring a lot of effort. === References === “hard going”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “hard going”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “be hard going”, in Collins English Dictionary.