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
Liliane	-	French
Leia	LAY-a (Popular Culture)	Biblical Greek, Popular Culture
Leevi	LE:-vee	Finnish
Jerko	YER-ko	Croatian
Irmuska	EER-moosh-kaw	Hungarian (Rare)
Royce	[rɔis]