a hair in the butter

A problem or challenging situation (likened to trying to pick a single hair out of a slippery substance like butter). Things were going smoothly enough on our road trip until we found out that every hotel in town was booked for the night. Talk about a hair in the butter! Forgetting my textbook at school has proved to be a real hair in the butter for my study plans.

词组	a hair in the butter
释义	a hair in the butter a hair in the butter A problem or challenging situation (likened to trying to pick a single hair out of a slippery substance like butter). Things were going smoothly enough on our road trip until we found out that every hotel in town was booked for the night. Talk about a hair in the butter! Forgetting my textbook at school has proved to be a real hair in the butter for my study plans. See also: butter, hair Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: all around town book (on) out book on out book out booking a golden key can open any door batten down the hatches batten down the hatches, to book up be up a/the creek (without a paddle)
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