have a time of it
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Won't I have a time of it all round!
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"Poor devil; he will have a time of it, with the mole-hills and the thistles, and all those ghosts."
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But at the wedding I'll have a time of it; for nobody can go it like the Screamer.
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Between Joy's dancing and my dreaming, those poor teachers have a time of it.
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Oh, my dear, I did have a time of it!
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