| drag(noun, trouble, difficulty, hardship, misfortune) |
| drop |
| egg on face(noun, expression, idiom, difficulty, confusion) |
| empty purse |
| exhaustion(ruin, failure, loss, void, desolation) |
| exigency(noun, trouble, difficulty, want, need) |
| exiguity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) |
| fall(noun, verb, trouble, hurt, defeat) |
| faux pas(noun, expression, difficulty, confusion, shame) |
| fix(noun, difficulty, confusion, shame, mess) |
| griminess(noun, filthiness, dirtiness, muddiness) |
| grinding poverty |
| gripe |
| grubbiness(noun, grime, filthiness, filth, dirtiness) |
| hand-to-mouth existence |
| hard knocks(noun, expression, trouble, difficulty, want) |
| hard time(noun, expression, trouble, difficulty, drag) |
| hitch(noun, difficulty, confusion, shame, mess) |
| holy mess(noun, expression, trouble, difficulty, want) |
| hot seat(noun, expression, difficulty, confusion, shame) |