be hard on

treat or criticize (someone) severely

嚴厲對待；苛待；苛責

you're being too hard on her.

你對她太嚴厲了。

be difficult for or unfair to

使受苦；對…不公平

I think the war must have been hard on her.

我想戰爭一定使她吃了不少苦。

be likely to hurt or damage

對…有害

the monitor flickers, which is hard on the eyes.

顯示器閃爍不定，這對眼睛有害。

be hard put (to it)

[usu. with infinitive]find it very difficult

覺得…很難；很難做到

you'll be hard put to find a better compromise.

你很難找到比這更好的折衷辦法。

give someone a hard time

(informal)deliberately make a situation difficult for someone

(非正式)有意為難某人

go hard with

(dated)turn out to (someone's) disadvantage

(舊)對…不利

it would go hard with the poor.

這會對窮人不利。

hard as nails

it would go hard with the poor.

這會對窮人不利。

hard at it

(informal)busily working or occupied

(非正式)忙得不可開交

they were hard at it with brooms and mops.

他們忙著用掃帚和拖把打掃衛生。

hard by

close to

靠近

he lived hard by the cathedral.

他住得離大教堂很近。

hard done by

(Brit.)harshly or unfairly treated

(英)被虐待；受到不公平對待

she would be justified in feeling hard done by.

要是她覺得受到了虐待，這完全有道理。

hard feelings

[usu. with negative]feelings of resentment

怨恨

there are no hard feelings and we wish him well.

我們一點不怨恨，我們希望他好。

hard going

difficult to understand or enjoy

難理解的，難懂的；缺少樂趣的

the studying is at times hard going.

研究有時是很困難的。

hard hit

badly affected

受到嚴重影響，受到嚴重打擊

Trinidad had been hard hit by falling oil prices.

特立尼達受到石油價格下跌的嚴重打擊。

hard luck (或 lines)

(Brit. informal)used to express sympathy or commiserations

(英，非正式)[用于表示同情、憐憫、遺憾、可惜]真可惜；真遺憾

if you don't like it then hard luck.

如果你不喜歡它，那真是可惜。

a hard nut to crack

(informal)a person or thing that is difficult to understand or influence

(非正式)棘手之人（或事）

hard on ( 或 upon)

close to; following soon after

緊跟著

hard on the heels of Wimbledon comes the Henley Regatta.

溫布爾登網球賽之后緊跟著就是亨里賽舟會。