a tough row to hoe

a difficult situation to deal with The author said that he knew it would be a tough row to hoe when he began research for this book.

Informal

A difficult situation to endure.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Olympias	-	Ancient Greek
A&Eth;AlbjÖRg	-	Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian
Ritu	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Zayn	-	Arabic
Gwenevere	GWEN-ə-vir	English (Rare)
Arja	AHR-yah	Finnish