heavy lifting

heavy lifting

n. Slang

Serious or difficult activities or work: "Attention is shifting to the fall Presidential race, and with only seven months left in office, Reagan won't be doing any heavy lifting" (Business Week).

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

heavy lifting - difficult work; "the boss hoped the plan would succeed but he wasn't willing to do the heavy lifting" work - activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech