the slings and arrows (of outrageous fortune)

literary

unpleasant things that happen to you that you cannot prevent.

We all have to suffer the slings and arrows, so there's no point getting depressed when things go wrong.

• give someone a lot of stick
• give someone an earful
• give someone an even break
• give someone a new lease of life
• Give someone an inch and take a mile.
• Give someone an inch and they'll take a mile.
• give someone a piece of mind
• give someone a piece of your mind
• give someone a ring
• give someone a rocket
• give someone a rough time
• give someone a run for money
• give someone a run for their money
• give someone a taste of own medicine
• give someone a taste of their own medicine
• give someone a tinkle
• give someone away
• give someone a wide berth
• give someone carte blanche
• give someone chapter and verse
• give someone due
• give someone enough rope
• give someone enough rope to hang
• give someone enough rope to hang themselves
• give someone first refusal