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rough sledding

rough sledding noun: a difficult period of time.

Noun

rough sledding (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) A difficult period of time.
    • We're running out of money. It's going to be rough sledding from now on, but we'll have to cope.
    • Rudy's team did not handle last weeks discovery well. They are in for 30 days of rough sledding.2007 December 3, anonymous GOP strategist, quoted in Dan Balz, "'30 Days of Rough Sledding'" (blog entry), The Washington Post online

rough sledding meaning in Bengali

rough sledding in Bengali

একটি কঠিন সময়

Forms of rough sledding

alternative formhard sledding

Questions about rough sledding

What does rough sledding mean?
Rough sledding means a difficult period of time.
What is rough sledding in Bengali?
Rough sledding in Bengali is একটি কঠিন সময়. See Rough sledding meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is rough sledding?
Rough sledding is a noun.

Words near rough sledding in the dictionary

  1. rough service lights
  2. rough shark
  3. rough sharks
  4. rough slant
  5. rough slants
  6. rough sledding
  7. rough sleeper
  8. rough sleepers
  9. rough sleeping
  10. rough string
  11. rough strings

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