hard sledding

A difficult, turbulent, or troublesome period of time. This administration has gone through some hard sledding over the last year, but the president is determined to regain the trust and support of the American people. Even some of the wealthier areas of the country must brace for hard sledding as fresh austerity measures come into effect. The book is notoriously hard sledding, but if you're able to stick with it, it is a rewarding experience.

hard sledding

and tough sledding

Fig. a very difficult time. They had some hard sledding when they were first married. It was tough sledding for sure when our crops failed that year.

词组	hard sledding
释义	hard sledding hard sledding A difficult, turbulent, or troublesome period of time. This administration has gone through some hard sledding over the last year, but the president is determined to regain the trust and support of the American people. Even some of the wealthier areas of the country must brace for hard sledding as fresh austerity measures come into effect. The book is notoriously hard sledding, but if you're able to stick with it, it is a rewarding experience. See also: hard, sledding Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. hard sledding and tough sledding Fig. a very difficult time. They had some hard sledding when they were first married. It was tough sledding for sure when our crops failed that year. See also: hard, sledding McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: tough sledding rough sledding come to such a pass come to a pretty pass a pretty pass easy sledding sledding twist in the wind twist in the wind, be left to twist slowly in the wind References in periodicals archive That would be hard sledding for all the AB shareholders who were slavering at the InBev largesse, but A-B shares would remain a solid long-term play, and probably more resilient to the coming recession than many stocks on the big board. Can InBev really close this deal on-time (and on the stated terms?) As will be evident, this is not a book for the uninitiated; in the absence of some prior acquaintance with the work of major figures in each tradition--Frege and Husserl, Kuhn and Bachelard, Quine and Derrida, to take but a few obvious cases--the reader faces some "hard sledding." At the same time, it must be said that Norris's gifts for clear and effective exposition are genuinely remarkable. Norris, Christopher. Minding the Gap: Epistemology and Philosophy of Science in the Two Traditions Ahead looms what seems like 10 months of winter followed by two more months of hard sledding. It depresses me. From under a blazing aspen: coping with the bleakness of winter and the soul
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