heavy going
Also, heavy weather.
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How to use heavy going in a sentence
The snow on the upper glacier was soft and made very heavy going.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-BuryLionel walked a little in front of Winn; the snow was soft and made heavy going.
The Dark Tower | Phyllis BottomeThe walk to Pontresina is the coldest and darkest of winter walks, and the snow made it heavy going.
The Dark Tower | Phyllis BottomeThe snow was deep and the sledge teams had heavy going at first.
The Young Continentals at Bunker Hill | John T. McIntyreThe water was pouring down the hill sides, every deep deer track was a torrent, and it was heavy going through the marshes.
Sport in Vancouver and Newfoundland | John Rogers
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