a hard row to hoe

a hard/tough row to hoe

(American)

a difficult situation to deal with Teachers have a tough row to hoe in today's schools.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Levon	-	Armenian
Carlisa	kar-LEE-sə	English (Rare)
Vissarion	-	Russian, Greek
Frieda	FREE-dah (German), FREE-də (English)	German, English
Aoife	EE-fa	Irish, Irish Mythology
Tidir	-	Northern African, Berber