pasarlo mal

to have a bad time

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(v.) = have + a thin time, have + a difficult time, experience + difficult times, pass through + difficult times, face + difficult times

Ex. But the week by week publication of details of companies' accounts in the Bookseller cannot but show that many publishing houses have been having a very thin time indeed.

Ex. Videotext services have had a notoriously difficult time becoming accepted in the US marketplace.

Ex. Consumer publishing is experiencing difficult times and there are specific developments which are influencing the market for children's books.

Ex. The author discusses the history of and services offered by the Folger Shakespeare Library which has passed through difficult times and emerged with a new building and a new personality.

Ex. This may be a reason why the publishing industry is facing such difficult times.

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(v.) = have + a thin time, have + a difficult time, experience + difficult times, pass through + difficult times, face + difficult times

Ex: But the week by week publication of details of companies' accounts in the Bookseller cannot but show that many publishing houses have been having a very thin time indeed.

Ex: Videotext services have had a notoriously difficult time becoming accepted in the US marketplace.

Ex: Consumer publishing is experiencing difficult times and there are specific developments which are influencing the market for children's books.

Ex: The author discusses the history of and services offered by the Folger Shakespeare Library which has passed through difficult times and emerged with a new building and a new personality.

Ex: This may be a reason why the publishing industry is facing such difficult times.