1·I've had a devil of a job finding you.
我费了九牛二虎之力才找到你。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·He is indeed a devil of a fellow.
他真是个了不起的家伙。
3·He had a devil of a time getting home.
他回家时一路上十分辛苦。
4·I'm having a devil of a job fixing my car.
我修我这辆汽车可费劲了。
5·If the snow and, worse, ice dipped down much farther, they were going to have a devil of a night.
如果大雪或者更糟的冰暴天气进一步南移，他们就将面临一个恐怖的夜晚。
6·That could lock higher inflation into the system, giving central Banks a devil of a job to bring it back down again.
于是整个经济体系就被通胀的上升所锁定了，接下来带给央行的便是使之回落的艰巨任务。
7·You can bear plenty; you're no weakling: you shall have a daily taste, if I catch such a devil of a temper in your eyes again! '!
你能受得住，你不是个草包，如果我再在你眼睛里瞅见这样一种鬼神气，你就要每天尝一次！
8·In an earlier French version of this tale (called The Lost Children), instead of a witch we have a devil.
更早的法语版本里(名为迷路的孩子)，不是女巫，而是魔鬼。
9·Thomas Mann in his novel Doktor Faustus tells the story of a composer based mainly on Arnold Schoenberg, whom resentment drives to make a pact with the Devil.
托玛斯曼在他的小说《浮士德博士》里以勋伯格为原型塑造了一个出于愤恨与魔鬼作交易的作曲家。
10·All of a sudden, a while angel turned out to be a white devil.
白衣天使，在那一刻，变成了白衣魔鬼。