heavy lift
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6.8
- noun
- US
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tarea difícil
- I mean, that's way that's that's a heavy lift for anyone.
- a pretty heavy lift
- a very heavy lift
I mean, that's way that's that's a heavy lift for anyone.
- I mean, that's way that's that's a heavy lift for anyone.
- And it doesn't feel like a heavy lift at all to me.
- But John Thune says, no, this is a heavy lift.
- But that's almost a, that's a, a heavy lift.
- But once the supply is locked down for the narcissist, the heavy lift no longer makes sense for the narcissistic person, at least not as often.
Examples
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It would be a very heavy lift, but if we don't find a way out soon, I expect Israel will attack Iran.
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But once the supply is locked down for the narcissist, the heavy lift no longer makes sense for the narcissistic person, at least not as often.
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And it doesn't feel like a heavy lift at all to me.
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Finally, it is simply not the case that we need new technologies to create heavy-lift launch systems.
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But all that is needed to give us a functioning heavy-lift booster is a decision to build it, which will never happen until there is a suitable mission.
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The Royal Engineers rushed to this horrific scene with their heavy lifting equipment, but they had difficulty reaching the King David Hotel because of Jewish roadblocks.
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Simulations can also guide ergonomic decisions to minimize the risk of injuries due to heavy lifts, off-balance or awkward work positions, and so on.
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Apollo was done the way it was done (with an enormous super heavy lift vehicle) because that was the fastest way to beat the Russians to the Moon with a virtually unlimited budget and cost be damned, not because it was the most economically practical way.
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The company's basic idea for the new booster is putting two modern versions of a liquid-fueled F-1 engine on tanks and strapping two of the tank sets to the heavy-lift rocket.
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Passing the new legislation on climate change will be a heavy lift for the government, requiring extensive negotiation.
Synonyms
29
3.4
A difficult task that needs a lot of effort
27
3.6
Hard work that needs a lot of physical effort or responsibility
16
6.9
A task that is very hard to do
4
5.3
A situation or task that is hard to do
1
5.2
A very difficult task that you must overcome
1
5.9
A very large and difficult job that needs a lot of time and effort
1
7.1
Hard to understand or slow to get through
A very hard job that makes your body very tired
Antonyms
How Difficult
- Formal
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8.4
- US
2
6.8
183
4.4
263
1.0
- Informal
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'heavy' and 'lift' where the literal sense (lifting something heavy) directly evokes difficulty; the extended use to mean any challenging task is a predictable metaphorical extension of that literal image. A B1 learner who knows both words will usually infer the intended meaning from context, but because the sense is metaphorically extended beyond physical lifting it is not fully compositional.
Etymology
Heavy lift comes from the simple picture of people trying to lift something very heavy, which needs a lot of strength and effort. So the phrase now means 'a difficult task' that takes extra work.