the/a devil of a something idiom old-fashioned
极为困难的;极其严重的
an extremely difficult or serious type of something
a devil of a mess/problem 极为混乱的局面/极其严重的问题
We had the devil of a job/time trying to find this place! 我们找这个地方可费了不少周折/时间!
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