hard on
Rough on someone
Hard on functions as both a phrase and a compound.
To be hard on someone is to treat them harshly or critically: Don't be so hard on yourself.
To be hard on something is to cause wear or damage: Running is hard on your knees.
As a noun, a hard-on is an erection of the penis.
Figuratively, to have a hard-on for something is to be aggressively fixated on it: The DA has a hard-on for prosecuting minor drug offenses.
- stiffieSlang for erection
- erectionAct of building upward
- bonerHumiliating mistake or gaffe
- morning woodSleep-induced male arousal
- demandingRequiring great effort
hardon · blood flow · judgmentalism · challenging · engorgement · arousal · strictness · tough love · difficult · sternness · giving grief · reproach · tumescence · severity · too harsh · priapism · stress · woody