The phrase "a hard month" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a month that was particularly challenging or difficult in some way, whether emotionally, financially, or in terms of workload.
Example: "After facing numerous challenges at work and personal issues, I can honestly say that last month was a hard month for me."
Alternatives: "a tough month" or "a challenging month".
It's been a hard month, and a meltdown is long overdue.
"It has been such a hard month," she confesses to the audience near the start of the play.
THIS is a hard month for the families of the 2,850 New Jersey National Guard men and women who are now halfway through their deployment in Iraq.
Lemoine, the 40-year-old former Bristol prop, will make the best of his limited resources, but Uruguay face a hard month.
"It's a hard month to see as a bellwether typically, because it's so slow, but when you look at the trend we saw in July and frankly in June, you still see better-than-expected consumer spending," he said.
The campaign is making its delegate case as it girds for a hard month in April when the electoral terrain appears – for now at least – to favor Mr. Romney; it says it expects to emerge in much better shape in May, when several Southern states vote.
The branching varieties may not flower before a hard September frost.
During the Battle of Batoche, General Strange was resting his Alberta Field Force at Edmonton after a hard march from Calgary.
This has been a hard October for managers, a stretch in which the Mets and the Red Sox, the Nationals and the Yankees have all dismissed their incumbent skippers.
"We're in for a hard march here -- Bernie Ebbers won't give Calpers money," he said, referring to WorldCom's former chief executive.
Mr Santorum will now be arguing that he, rather than Newt Gingrich, is the man to spoil Mr Romney's party.Mr Gingrich, by contrast, has a hard February ahead of him.
