have a rough time (of it)

: marked by inequalities, ridges, or projections on the surface : coarse

: covered with or made up of coarse and often shaggy hair — compare smooth, wirehaired

: having a broken, uneven, or bumpy surface

: roughly

: without usual conveniences

: uneven ground covered with high grass, brush, and stones

: the rugged or disagreeable side or aspect

: something in a crude, unfinished, or preliminary state

: roughen

: to subject to abuse : manhandle, beat

: to subject to unnecessary and intentional violence in a sport

: the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues : duration

: a nonspatial continuum that is measured in terms of events which succeed one another from past through present to future

: leisure

: to arrange or set the time of : schedule

: to regulate (a watch) to keep correct time

: to set the tempo, speed, or duration of

: of or relating to time

: recording time

: timed to ignite or explode at a specific moment