rough sledding

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Meaning: (idiomatic)Adifficultperiodoftime.We're running out of money. It's going to berough sleddingfrom now on, but we'll have to cope.2007December 3, anonymous GOP strategist, quoted in Dan Balz, "'30 Days ofRough Sledding'" (blog entry),The Washington Postonline:Rudy's team did not handle last weeks discovery well. They are in for 30 days ofrough sledding.

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