The reason why our distressed young teacher found it the devils own job to get the students to write was probably basically that they were not led to believe that written work was expected of them.
The Captns been ridin the devils own pace, said Dalton the coachman.
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devil's own — noun A name given to the 88th Regiment in the Peninsular War, also to the Inns of Court Volunteers • • • Main Entry: ↑devil … Useful english dictionary
devil’s own time — n. a very difficult time; a hellish time. □ I had the devil’s own time with these tax forms. □ My gout is giving me the devil’s own time … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
devil's own, the — An extremely difficult thing. ♣ It ll be the devil s own job to persuade him … A concise dictionary of English slang
devil's own time — phrasal : a very bad experience : a painful drawn out struggle used with the had the devil s own time with yellow fever … Useful english dictionary
The Devil's Own — This article is about the 1997 film starring Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt. For the 1916 silent film, see The Devil s Own (1916 film). For the British horror film starring Joan Fontaine, see The Witches (1966 film). For regiments nicknamed The… … Wikipedia
The Devil's Own (1916 film) — Infobox Film name = The Devil s Own image size = caption = director = George Marshall producer = writer = W.B. Pearson narrator = starring = Harry Carey music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released = 24 August, 1916 runtime = country … Wikipedia
The Devil's Own — Título La sombra del diablo (España) Enemigo íntimo (Hispanoamérica) Ficha técnica Dirección Alan J. Pakula Producción Robert F. Colesberry Lawren … Wikipedia Español
The Devil's Own — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Vertrauter Feind Originaltitel: The Devil s Own Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 1997 Länge: 107 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch … Deutsch Wikipedia
have the devil's own job doing something — have the devil s own job (doing something/to do something) old fashioned to spend a long time trying to do something difficult. I had the devil s own job to find a parking space near here … New idioms dictionary
have the devil's own job to do something — have the devil s own job (doing something/to do something) old fashioned to spend a long time trying to do something difficult. I had the devil s own job to find a parking space near here … New idioms dictionary
