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111go through/hit a bad/difficult/rough patch — INFORMAL ► to experience a lot of problems in a short period of time: »Economically, the country is going through a bad patch. »The company hit a rough patch last year, which included its first quarterly loss since going public. Main Entry:… …
112hit a bad/difficult/rough patch — go through/hit a bad/difficult/rough patch INFORMAL ► to experience a lot of problems in a short period of time: »Economically, the country is going through a bad patch. »The company hit a rough patch last year, which included its first quarterly …
113hit a difficult patch — go through/hit a bad/difficult/rough patch INFORMAL ► to experience a lot of problems in a short period of time: »Economically, the country is going through a bad patch. »The company hit a rough patch last year, which included its first quarterly …
114hit a difficult/rough patch — go through/hit a bad/difficult/rough patch INFORMAL ► to experience a lot of problems in a short period of time: »Economically, the country is going through a bad patch. »The company hit a rough patch last year, which included its first quarterly …
115a little difficult — not very hard, not very difficult …
116every beginning is difficult — new undertakings or experiences are always difficult or challenging at first …
117made it difficult — created a hard situation for, caused it to be difficult to …
118it is the first step that is difficult — The proverb has various forms. The story to which the French saying alludes is referred to in quot. 1979. Cf. Fr. ce n’est que le premier pas qui coûte, it is only the first step that costs. c 1596 A. MUNDAY et al. Sir Thomas More 11 Would I were …
119it's difficult enough — it’s bad/difficult/hard/enough phrase used when saying that a situation is already bad and something else would make it even worse It’s bad enough that you were late, without lying about the reason. as if something wasn’t bad enough: The police… …
120have a (difficult) job doing do something — have a (hard/difficult) job doing/to do sth idiom to have difficulty doing sth • You ll have a job convincing them that you re right. • He had a hard job to make himself heard. Main entry: ↑jobidiom …