have a hard time with (someone or something)

have a hard time with (someone or something)

To have difficulty or struggle with someone or something. I'm really having a hard time with math this semester—I need to get a tutor. I had a hard time with my mother-in-law when I was first married, but we get along much better now.
See also: hard, have, time
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • flounder through
  • flounder through (something)
  • be hard at it
  • in the end
  • not any hard feelings
  • come by
  • honestly
  • hard to come by
  • hard of hearing
  • hard by