give a hard time

[give a hard time] {v. phr.}, {informal}

1. To give trouble by what you do or say; complain.

/Jane gave her mother a hard time on the bus by fighting with her sister and screaming./

/Don't give me a hard time, George. I'm doing my best on this job./

2. To get in the way by teasing or playing; kid.

/Don't give me a hard time, boys. I'm trying to study./

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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