make heavy weather

verb

To make progress only with difficulty.

Opposite
make light work of
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Meanings

verbmake heavy weather (third-person singular simple present makes heavy weather, present participle making heavy weather, simple past and past participle made heavy weather)

present singular third person makes heavy weather · participle present making heavy weather · participle past made heavy weather · past made heavy weather

  1. idiomaticTo make progress only with difficulty.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
make light work of
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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “make heavy weather,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20heavy%20weather.

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