travail de longue haleine

USAGE NOTE
"Travail de longue haleine" literally means "work requiring deep breaths."
le travail de longue haleine
A noun phrase is a group of words that acts like a noun in a sentence or phrase (e.g., un je ne sais quoi).
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An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
(idiom)
(work requiring a lot of time and effort)
a. long-term project
C'est un travail de longue haleine, mais nous allons y arriver !It's a long-term project, but we'll get there!
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