English | Russian |
give someone a hard time | потрепать нервы (They reached the border where officials gave them a hard time. 4uzhoj) |
give someone a hard time | трепать нервы (Her kids always give her a hard time when she takes them shopping. 4uzhoj) |
give someone a hard time | устроить промывку мозгов (My mother gave me a really hard time about staying out late.) |
have a hard time of it | мытариться |
have a hard time stopping | не остановить (в фразах типа "его не остановить"; требует смены залога: My mother loved to gossip, and she had a hard time stopping once she was on a roll. 4uzhoj) |
have had a hard time | намучиться |
have had a hard time | намучиться |
stop giving someone a hard time | отстать (только в контексте: Stop giving the interns such a hard time! They're doing the best they can. 4uzhoj) |