tough egg to crack

tough egg (to crack)

A person, thing, situation, or problem that is particularly difficult to understand, solve, or deal with. I've been dating Jenny for over a year, and I still think she's a tough egg to crack! Figuring out the best way to modernize our product without alienating existing customers is definitely a tough egg to crack. The spy we captured is a tough egg; he hasn't said a thing since we began the interrogation.

tough egg to crack

and tough nut to crack

n. a person or thing that is hard to figure out or hard to deal with. She won’t talk. She’s going to be a tough nut to crack! I wish Jill wasn’t such a tough nut to crack.

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释义	tough egg to crack tough egg (to crack) A person, thing, situation, or problem that is particularly difficult to understand, solve, or deal with. I've been dating Jenny for over a year, and I still think she's a tough egg to crack! Figuring out the best way to modernize our product without alienating existing customers is definitely a tough egg to crack. The spy we captured is a tough egg; he hasn't said a thing since we began the interrogation. See also: egg, tough Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. tough egg to crack and tough nut to crack n. a person or thing that is hard to figure out or hard to deal with. She won’t talk. She’s going to be a tough nut to crack! I wish Jill wasn’t such a tough nut to crack. See also: crack, egg, tough McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: a hard egg to crack a hard nut (to crack) a hard/tough nut a tough nut hard nut to crack bit of rough a bit of rough a mother hen in years make a note of (something) References in periodicals archive "Hersey's singles lineup is a tough egg to crack, so our doubles (teams) needed to really step up and deliver wins, and that's just what they did." Boys tennis: Fremd turns the tables on Hersey The fact my grandmother probably understands more about blu-ray players than me means I may be a tough egg to crack. Coming to rescue of technophobes However the 26-year-old light-heavy prospect admitted that 36-year-old Okoth was a tough egg to crack. 'BOMBER' IMPRESSES BANKERS What those costs will be, however, remains a tough egg to crack for the moment; the price-tag will be determined once production begins, the Riva Palacio brothers say. Mexico's Huevos hit bigscreen
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