37 entries under expression topic. ×

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no picnic(tough, severe, rough, difficult)
2
not easy(tough, severe, painful, problematic)
2
sloping upward(adjective, idiom, rising, climbing)
2
toward summit(adjective, idiom, rising, climbing)
1
at a slant
1
dead lift(idiom, difficulty, exertion)
1
easier said than done(tough, severe, painful, problematic)
1
in the air(idiom, upward)
1
in the ascendant
1
set with thorns
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uphill work(idiom, difficulty, exertion)
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against difficulties
0
against long odds(idiom, difficulty)
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against the grain(idiom, difficulty)
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against the stream(idiom, difficulty)
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at a pinch(idiom, difficulty)
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at long odds(idiom, difficulty)
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blind drunk
0
d rebours(idiom, difficulty)
0
hard and fast
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