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A HEAVY CROSS TO BEAR
A CROSS TO BEAR
an unpleasant or painful situation or person that you
have to accept and deal with, although you find it very difficult
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A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW
A BITTER PILL
Sth that is very unpleasant
but must be accepted
Losing to a younger player was a bitter pill to swallow.
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ALBATROSS
Sth or sb that you want to be free from
Her own supporters see her as an albatross who could lose them the election.
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THE BANE OF STH
A cause of continuous trouble or unhappiness
That cat is the
bane of my life!
curse
scourge
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PLAGUE
UK /pleɪɡ/ US /pleɪɡ/
C2 to cause worry, pain, or difficulty to someone or something over a period of time:
Financial problems have been plaguing their new business partners.
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STUMBLING BLOCK
something that prevents action or agreement:
One potential stumbling block could be the difficulty of accessing
the data.
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SNAG
Informal
A problem, difficulty or disadvantage
We don't anticipate any snags in/with the negotiations.
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BE DEAD MEAT
If someone is dead meat, they are in
a lot of trouble
He'll be dead meat if his girlfriend finds out.
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CHILL
A sudden unpleasant feeling (C2)
I suddenly realized, with a chill of apprehension, the danger ahead.
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EQUATION
a difficult problem that can only be understood if all the different influences are considered:
Managing the economy is a complex equation of controlling inflation and reducing unemployment.
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INCUBUS
Sth that causes unpleasant problems for sb
They are powerless to throw off the incubus
of the past.
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LABYRINTH
Confusing situation (literary)
He was no stranger to the labyrinth of love.
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LIABILITY
Risk (C1)
Sth or sb that causes a lot of trouble
After a certain age, a car's just a liability.
Sue always manages to upset somebody when we go out - she's a real liability.
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LIFE IS A BITCH (AND THEN YOU DIE)
Saying
said when you find a situation difficult or
have had a bad experience
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THE SHARP END
the part of an activity, such as a job, where the most problems are likely to
be found:
A job like hers would be much too demanding for me, but she enjoys being at the sharp end.
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TIE-UP
a temporary problem that delays progress, such as too much traffic on the road:
I missed my flight because of a
tie-up on the interstate.
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THE HARD WAY
a way of doing something that makes it
more difficult than it needs to be:
She always does things the hard way
C2 If you learn something the hard way, you learn from unpleasant experiences rather than by being taught:
If she won't listen , she'll have to learn/find out the hard way.
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THORN IN YOUR FLESH
THORN IN YOUR SIDE
a person or a thing that repeatedly annoys you or causes you pain:
A relentless campaigner,
he was a thorn in the government's side for a number of years.
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TIP OF THE ICEBERG
C2 a small, noticeable part of a problem, the total size of which is really
much greater:
These small local protests are just the tip of the iceberg.
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TO-DO
a show of anger, worry, or excitement that is unnecessary or greater than the situation deserves:
Getting our passports renewed was such a to-do.
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TWIST
a complicated situation or a plan of action:
The twists and turns of fate
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CANCER
a harmful activity that spreads quickly:
Drug abuse is a cancer that is destroying our society.
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BUGGER
Sth that is very difficult or annoying
This tin is a bugger
to open.
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BUGBEAR
A particular that annoys or upsets you
Smoking is a particular
bugbear of his.
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BRAINTEASER
A problem for which is hard to find an answer especially one which people
enjoy trying to solve as a game:
The tribe has the option to dig down several feet and search to uncover an answer key to solve the brainteaser.
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BODY BLOW
something that causes serious problems and disappointment for a person trying to do something:
As a result, essential
services will be cut, and that will be a severe body blow to all.
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BE OUT OF THE WOOD
To be no longer in danger
or difficulty (informal)
The project has been given funding for another year, but it's not out of the woods yet.
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HYDRA
A difficult problem that keeps returning
As soon as one false
statement is knocked on the head then, like a hydra, another one appears and has to be refuted.
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CLEAR
Without problems or difficulties
This is the first time in his life that he's been
clear of (= without) debt.
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TAKE SOME DOING
To be difficult to do
Running a marathon takes
some doing
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CONUNDRUM
A problem that is difficult to deal with
Arranging childcare over the school holidays can
be a real conundrum for working parents.
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HANDICAP
Difficulty
I found that not having a car was quite a handicap while on holiday.
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HARDSHIP
C1 (something that causes) difficult or unpleasant conditions of life, or an example of this
economic hardship
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IRRITANT
Sth that causes trouble
The report is bound to add a new irritant to international relations.
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HICCUP
a problem that delays or interrupts something for a while, but does not usually cause serious difficulties:
We've had one
or two slight hiccups, but progress has generally been quite steady
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HINDRANCE
UK /ˈhɪn.drəns/ US /ˈhɪn.drəns/
something that makes it more difficult for you to do something or
for something to develop:
I've never considered my disability a hindrance, but other people have.
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GLITCH
a small problem or fault that prevents something from being successful or working as well as it should:
We'd expected a few
glitches, but everything's gone remarkably smoothly.
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IMPEDIMENT
something that makes progress, movement, or achieving something difficult or impossible
Formal
In a number of developing countries, war has been an additional impediment to progress.
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LONG SHOT
something you try although it is unlikely to be successful:
It's a long shot, but you could try phoning him at home.
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LOOSE CANNON
someone who behaves in an uncontrolled or unexpected way and is likely to cause problems for other people:
He's seen as something
of a loose cannon by other team members.
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VILLAIN
informal
something or someone considered harmful or dangerous:
We've always been told that cholesterol was a major cause
of heart disease but, actually , saturated fat is the worst villain.
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POTHOLE
UK /ˈpɒt.həʊl/ US /ˈpɑːt.hoʊl/
A problem
The road to economic recovery is full of potholes.
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OBSTACLE COURSE
a series of problems that you have to solve in order to achieve something
It is like going over
an obstacle course to get near the train.
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NEMESIS
Someone's nemesis is a person or thing that is very difficult for them to defeat.
Seldom
has nemesis triumphed as it did on that occasion.
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RIDDLE
something that is confusing, or a problem that is difficult to solve:
Scientists may have solved the riddle of Saturn's rings.
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TRIAL
a person or thing that is annoying and causes a lot of problems:
She was a real trial to her parents when she was younger.
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WALL
A wall of people or things is a mass of them formed in such a way
that you cannot get through or past them:
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THE CHILL WIND OF STH
Literary
The problems caused by sth
Many more businesses are feeling the chill wind of the recession.