Translations for „heavy going“ in the English » German Dictionary

heavy ˈgo·ing N

to be heavy going

schwierig [o. strapaziös] sein

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

heavy going

Plackerei f inf

the going was heavy

wir kamen nur schwer voran

to be heavy [or rough] going

mühsam sein

the book is rather heavy going

das Buch ist schwer zu lesen

there was a lot of heavy-duty flirting going on there

die Leute haben dort wie wild miteinander geflirtet

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It sounds like heavy going, but it's not.

www.irishmirror.ie

Though all the stories are convincing, it is heavy going at times.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

However, despite a runtime of over three-hours, this isn't a heavy going affair -- there's plenty of gallows humour too.

www.breakingnews.ie

Although it is always entertaining, and rarely heavy going, there is nothing whimsical about this book.

en.wikipedia.org

Power steering is a must - parking can be heavy going without it.

en.wikipedia.org

If you don't know much about some of these things, the book may be heavy going.

www.smh.com.au

One of them particularly said he thought it was heavy going.

www.rte.ie

I think after a few weeks of heavy going they will see how out of touch they are.

www.stuff.co.nz

They all sound worthy but rather heavy going.

www.smh.com.au

It is really heavy going; the style of writing is really frantic and raw, and almost a bit feral and disturbing and brilliant.

www.independent.ie