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Heavy going

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Going (i.e. conditions) that are wet and muddy (difficult to gallop on) uncountable
  2. 2
    Something that is boring; difficult to make progress on, or tedious idiomatic, uncountable

    "That report is heavy going."

Etymology

From horse racing.

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