"Rough sledding" means that things are difficult or challenging.
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Everyone also knows that the effort to develop acceptable standards is going through a patch
of rough sledding.
The theological position that we are born morally neutral will
find rough sledding in this scientific environment.
The brotherhood of man has had
rough sledding over the ages, perhaps even rougher than the Olympic athletes have encountered at Cortina, where a sirocco swooped up from the Libyan desert to melt the essential snow and chill the harried hearts of Games officials.
After that it's
rough sledding.
Red Sparrow will ideally be something of a comeback vehicle for Lawrence, who has arguably had
rough sledding the past couple of years.
It was
rough sledding and would have required lots of cash.
It's
all rough sledding from here on out, based on the state of foundry challenges.
Unable to attract enough new customers beyond the stable of girls who were totally on board, the company has had
rough sledding of late.