heavy lifting

• Informeller Ausdruck für den schwierigsten, arbeitsintensivsten oder kraftaufwendigsten Teil einer Aufgabe oder eines Projekts, oft verbunden mit großer Anstrengung oder komplexer Arbeit.

An informal expression referring to the most difficult, demanding, or labor-intensive part of a task or project, often involving significant effort or complex work.

1. Literal heavy liftingB1formal

   The act of physically lifting heavy objects.

   Heben schwerer Lasten

   • The movers did all the heavy lifting for us.
   • He injured his back while doing heavy lifting at work.
   • The job requires a lot of heavy lifting.

2. Difficult workB2informal

   The most difficult or demanding part of a task or project.

   Schwerstarbeit

   • The research team did the heavy lifting for the report.
   • She did all the heavy lifting in organizing the event.
   • The software handles the heavy lifting of data analysis.