have a job to do something

have a job to do something
have a job doing/to do/something british informal phrase
to have difficulties doing something

We had quite a job finding your house.

Thesaurus: to be in, or to get into a difficult situationsynonym
Main entry: job

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • have a job doing something — have a job doing/to do/something british informal phrase to have difficulties doing something We had quite a job finding your house. Thesaurus: to be in, or to get into a difficult situationsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • have a (hard) job doing do something — have a (hard/difficult) job doing/to do sth idiom to have difficulty doing sth • You ll have a job convincing them that you re right. • He had a hard job to make himself heard. Main entry: ↑jobidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • have a (difficult) job doing do something — have a (hard/difficult) job doing/to do sth idiom to have difficulty doing sth • You ll have a job convincing them that you re right. • He had a hard job to make himself heard. Main entry: ↑jobidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • have a (hard) job to do something — have a (hard/difficult) job doing/to do sth idiom to have difficulty doing sth • You ll have a job convincing them that you re right. • He had a hard job to make himself heard. Main entry: ↑jobidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • have a (difficult) job to do something — have a (hard/difficult) job doing/to do sth idiom to have difficulty doing sth • You ll have a job convincing them that you re right. • He had a hard job to make himself heard. Main entry: ↑jobidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • have somebody in mind (for something) — have sb/sth in ˈmind (for sth) idiom to be thinking of sb/sth, especially for a particular job, etc • Do you have anyone in mind for this job? • Watching TV all evening wasn t exactly what I had in mind! Main entry: ↑mindidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • have the devil's own job to do something — have the devil s own job (doing something/to do something) old fashioned to spend a long time trying to do something difficult. I had the devil s own job to find a parking space near here …   New idioms dictionary

  • job — W1S1 [dʒɔb US dʒa:b] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(work)¦ 2¦(duty)¦ 3¦(something you must do)¦ 4 on the job 5 I m only/just doing my job 6 it s more than my job s worth 7 do the job 8 have a job doing something/have a job to do something 9 do a job on… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • job — [ dʒab ] noun *** ▸ 1 work to earn money ▸ 2 particular piece of work ▸ 3 duty ▸ 4 a crime ▸ 5 something of particular type ▸ 6 something computer etc. does ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count work that you do regularly to earn money. When you ask someone… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • have — [ weak əv, həv, strong hæv ] (3rd person singular has [ weak əz, həz, strong hæz ] ; past tense and past participle had [ weak əd, həd, strong hæd ] ) verb *** Have can be used in the following ways: as an auxiliary verb in perfect tenses of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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