when the going gets rough
when the going gets rough
When things become very difficult or unpleasant to deal with; when it becomes very hard to keep carrying on. Everyone in our neighborhood is very close, so when the going gets rough for anyone, there's always someone to lend a hand. We all work pretty independently here, but our boss always helps out when the going gets rough.
See also: get, going, rough
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- like pulling teeth
- come to a bad end
- come to a bad/sticky end
- go from bad to worse
- learn (something) the hard way
- learn the hard way
- get (something) over with
- get it over with
- find (something) out the hard way
- hard way, the