uphill battle | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Ahighlydifficulttaskorproblemthatrequiresagreatamountofeffortanddetermination.2007, Drew Whitelegg,Working the Skies, page25:I would argue that flight attendants had a greateruphill battlein establishing their job as a profession, experience more disorienting time and space patterns, juggle a larger number of sometimes conflicting roles, and have a greater sense of occupational identity than any other group of women workers.2021October 11, Jan Hoffman, quoting Uzma Syed, “Boosters Are Complicating Efforts to Persuade the Unvaccinated to Get Shots”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:“It is anuphill battle,” said Dr. Uzma Syed, an infectious disease specialist in Jericho, N.Y., on Long Island, who for months has been giving vaccine education talks to national and international groups.

Examples:

EN: I suppose that you know better than anybody else... what an uphill battle it is to keep S.A.C. going.
ES: Supongo que usted sabe mejor que nadie lo que cuesta mantener funcionando el S.A.C.
EN: He was a Mountie up in Canada, don't you know? So it's been an uphill battle.
ES: Fue increíble, Mark.
EN: Well, with the clock ticking and only four minutes left for qualifying, it's gonna be an uphill battle for the Phoenix team to improve their time.
ES: Bueno, con el tic tac del reloj y cuatro minutos izquierda para la calificación, que va a ser una batalla cuesta arriba para el equipo de Phoenix para mejorar su tiempo.
EN: They face an uphill battle if not an impossible one.
ES: Tienen una batalla difícil o imposible.
EN: He had a tough uphill battle with that part, you know.
ES: Ese papel fue un hueso duro de roer.
EN: He had an uphill battle and he pulled it off really well.
ES: Era complicado y lo hizo a la perfección.
EN: Life is just an uphill battle,
ES: La vida es solo una batalla cuesta arriba.
EN: I'll tell you, that was an uphill battle.
ES: Te digo, eso fue una difícil batalla.
EN: You know, I think Daphne's fighting an uphill battle with this project of hers.
ES: ¿Sabes? , creo que Daphne la tiene cuesta arriba con este proyecto.
EN: If you lack the courage to fight an uphill battle, then perhaps you should retire to your bed.
ES: Si carece del coraje necesario para una batalla difícil, quizá deba retirarse a su lecho.
EN: My child will always face an uphill battle to be happy.
ES: Mi hijo siempre tendrá que enfrentar crudas batallas para ser feliz.
EN: You know, it's going to be an uphill battle for me, but I'm winning this thing-- the whole show.
ES: Va a ser una ardua batalla pero voy a ganar el programa.
EN: We face an uphill battle with these people especially the bush natives, who have to be protected against themselves.
ES: Enfrentamos una batalla ascendente con estas personas... .. especialmente los nativos de los arbustos, quienes tienen que estar protegidos son ellos mismos.
EN: This campaign has been an uphill battle.
ES: Esta campaña fue una batalla cuesta arriba...
EN: For two million Irish men and women, for whom it was just too exhausting to go on fighting the uphill battle against hunger, opportunist landlords and the stony heartlessness of the government, there was one more place to trudge to - the ports, which would carry them away
ES: Para dos millones de irlandeses, para los que fue demasiado agotador seguir librando la dura batalla contra el hambre, los terratenientes oportunistas y la fría inhumanidad del Gobierno, sólo había un lugar más al que arrastrarse:

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