hard put to (do something)

finding something difficult to do.

None of the family I was staying with spoke English and I was hard put to recall my high school French.

You'd be hard put to find any other college students more deserving of the award.

• cost an arm and a leg
• cost a pretty penny
• cost dear
• cost someone an arm and a leg
• cost someone a pretty penny
• cost someone dear
• cotton-picking
• cotton to
• cotton to someone
• cotton to something
• couch potato
• cough up
• cough up something
• could do something in sleep
• could do something in their sleep
• could do something standing on head
• could do something standing on your head
• could do something with eyes closed
• could do something with eyes shut
• could do something with one arm tied behind back
• could do something with one arm tied behind their back
• could do something with one hand tied behind back
• could do something with one hand tied behind their back
• could do something with their eyes closed
• could do something with their eyes shut