over the hump 1
over the hump
Past the worst, most difficult, or most stressful part (of something); more than halfway done (with something). I know this project has been trying, but we're finally over the hump. Everything should go smoothly now. I actually think Thursday is the easiest day of the week to get through—you're over the hump, but you're not counting down the minutes until the weekend.
See also: hump, over
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
over the hump 1
mod. drug intoxicated. Things should be easy from now on. We are over the hump.
See also: hump, over
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- over the hump
- hump it to somewhere
- hump along
- not be somebody's day
- be not (one's) day
- keep a cool head
- keep a level head
- be under the cosh
- cosh
- put somebody through it