heavy_lifting (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *heavy lifting*:
NOUN	act	heavy lifting	difficult work

English > *heavy lifting*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	Difficult work.
Example	"the boss hoped the plan would succeed but he wasn't willing to do the heavy lifting"
Broader	work	Activity directed toward making or doing something
Usage of	colloquialism	A colloquial expression
Spanish	trabajo sucio

HyperDic: heavy_lifting