be hard put (to do something)

if you are hard put to do something, it is not likely that you will be able to do it.

You'd be hard put to find a better school for your kids.

She'll be hard put to buy her own home on what she earns.

• disappear off the face of the earth
• disaster area
• Discretion is the better part of valour.
• dish out
• dish out something
• dish the dirt
• dish the dirt on
• dish the dirt on someone
• dish the dirt on something
• dispense with
• dispense with something
• dispose of
• dispose of something
• dissolve into
• dissolve into something
• dive into
• dive into something
• divide-and-conquer
• divide and conquer
• divide and rule
• divide-and-rule
• do a double take
• do a favor
• do a favour
• do a job on