a bumpy ride

a bumpy ride

A tough time. If you think going to graduate school while working a full-time job is easy, you're in for a bumpy ride!
See also: bumpy, ride
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • bumpy
  • a rough ride
  • give (one) a bumpy ride
  • give somebody/have a bumpy ride
  • have a bumpy ride
  • ride herd on, to
  • thanks for the ride
  • after a fashion
  • ride about
  • ride about (something)
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If we don't, then it would be like riding a car with a flat tyre, which will give us a bumpy ride.
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After a bumpy ride he wiped his face dry and strolled about, eating an ice-cream and taking photos of film characters.
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