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Discover LudwigThe phrase "heavy going" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe something that is difficult or laborious. Example: "The dense academic textbook was heavy going, requiring hours of intense concentration to fully understand."
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heavy going
noun
Going (i.e. conditions) that are wet and muddy
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The result is heavy going.
He's hard-work, heavy going.
Zuma's politics are heavy going.
Some of them are heavy going.
Yet it is proving heavy going.
It got to be heavy going.
That said, "1776" can prove heavy going.
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He's pesado: heavy-going, insistent, hard work, intense.
His most serious work could be heavy-going and convoluted but it impressed.
I find video art quite heavy-going.
But it's not all heavy-going.
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