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| on the skids(expression, idiom, hardship, misfortune) | |
| pain in the neck(expression, idiom, hardship, misfortune) | |
| pickle(noun, trouble, drag, hardship) | |
| pinch(noun, trouble, drag, hardship) | |
| poison(hardship, misfortune) | |
| poverty(noun, trouble, want, lack) | |
| privation(noun, trouble, worry, want) | |
| reverse(shock, failure, disaster, catastrophe) | |
| rotten luck(noun, expression, trouble, worry) | |
| scrape(noun, trouble, drag, hardship) | |
| sorrow(trouble, lack, torment, hardship) | |
| straits(noun, trouble, drag, hardship) | |
| suffering(trouble, lack, torment, hardship) | |
| ticklish spot(noun, expression, trouble, drag) | |
| tough break(noun, expression, trouble, worry) | |
| tough luck(noun, expression, trouble, want) | |
| unholy mess(noun, expression, trouble, drag) | |
| want(noun, trouble, worry, lack) | |
| worst(shock, failure, disaster, catastrophe) | |
| Herculean task(expression, trouble, lack, torment) |
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