make heavy weather of

意思

to treat an easy task as more difficult than it is

把簡單的事弄得很費勁.

例句

1. 1Tom made heavy weather of the flat-pack wardrobe, which should take twenty minutes.
2. 2Don't make heavy weather of the essay; just answer the question and give two examples.
3. 3It's only a two-page form, but Dad is making heavy weather of it as usual.
4. 4Why did Leo make heavy weather of a recipe with only four ingredients?
5. 5The new trainee made heavy weather of a task that the rest of us finish before lunch.

文法

只有 make 變化形式：made、making。顯得困難的事放在 of 之後：名詞、it 或 -ing 形式。