a tall order

informalIMPOSSIBLE a request or piece of work that is almost impossible 很难实现的要求，奢求；很难完成的工作

Finding a replacement is going to be a tall order.

找个替代者绝非易事。

Examples from the Corpus

a tall order• Breaking a habit, be it over-eating, over-drinking, biting your nails or jumping to conclusions, is a tall order.• Isn't that a tall order?• To ask for definitive answers to such grandiose questions would, of course, be a tall order.• That's a tall order, even for some one with Howard's apparent integrity.• This is a tall order for busy parents.• Holding these seemingly incompatible forces together would seem a tall order indeed.• If this sounds a tall order, it is.• It can be a tall order sometimes.

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词汇	a tall order
释义	a tall order a tall order informalIMPOSSIBLE a request or piece of work that is almost impossible 很难实现的要求，奢求；很难完成的工作 Finding a replacement is going to be a tall order. 找个替代者绝非易事。 Examples from the Corpus a tall order• Breaking a habit, be it over-eating, over-drinking, biting your nails or jumping to conclusions, is a tall order.• Isn't that a tall order?• To ask for definitive answers to such grandiose questions would, of course, be a tall order.• That's a tall order, even for some one with Howard's apparent integrity.• This is a tall order for busy parents.• Holding these seemingly incompatible forces together would seem a tall order indeed.• If this sounds a tall order, it is.• It can be a tall order sometimes. → a tall order at tall(1)
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