Jane had hard sledding in her math course because she was poorly prepared.
When Mr. Smith started his new business, he had tough sledding for a while but things got better.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
rough sledding — noun a difficulty that can be overcome with effort we had a hard time getting here analysts predicted rough sledding for handset makers • Syn: ↑hard time • Hypernyms: ↑difficulty * * * rough sledding, Informal. unfavorable conditions; difficult… … Useful english dictionary
rough sledding — verb A difficult period of time. Were running out of money. Its going to be rough sledding from now on, but well have to cope … Wiktionary
rough sledding — See: HARD SLEDDING … Dictionary of American idioms
rough sledding — See: HARD SLEDDING … Dictionary of American idioms
sledding — See: HARD SLEDDING or ROUGH SLEDDING or TOUGH SLEDDING … Dictionary of American idioms
sledding — See: HARD SLEDDING or ROUGH SLEDDING or TOUGH SLEDDING … Dictionary of American idioms
sledding — See: hard sledding or rough sledding or tough sledding … Словарь американских идиом
sledding — /ˈslɛdɪŋ/ (say sleding) noun 1. the state of the ground permitting use of a sled. 2. the going, or kind of travel, for sleds, as determined by the ground, etc.: rough sledding. 3. the act of conveying or riding on a sled. {sled + d + ing1} …
sledding — n. (colloq.) (AE) progress rough, tough sledding * * * [ sledɪŋ] tough sledding (colloq.) (AE) [ progress ] rough … Combinatory dictionary
rough going — difficult work, tough sledding It was rough going the first year. We had financial problems … English idioms
