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.
tough sledding — See: HARD SLEDDING … Dictionary of American idioms
tough sledding — See: HARD SLEDDING … Dictionary of American idioms
tough sledding — hard work, slow progress, heavy going, rough going We ve had tough sledding on our building projects. Rainy weather has caused a lot of problems … English idioms
sledding — n. (colloq.) (AE) progress rough, tough sledding * * * [ sledɪŋ] tough sledding (colloq.) (AE) [ progress ] rough … Combinatory dictionary
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 — noun Date: 15th century 1. a. the use of a sled b. the conditions under which one may use a sled 2. going 4 < tough sledding > … New Collegiate Dictionary
sledding — noun 1. the sport of riding on a sled or sleigh • Derivationally related forms: ↑sled • Hypernyms: ↑sport, ↑athletics • Hyponyms: ↑tobogganing, ↑bobsledding 2. advancing toward … Useful english dictionary
tough\ row\ to\ hoe — • hard row to hoe • tough row to hoe n. phr. A hard life to live; a very hard job to do. She has a hard row to hoe with six children and her husband dead. Young people without enough education will have a tough row to hoe when they have to… … Словарь американских идиом
