be a rough trot

To be an especially difficult period or series of misfortune(s) or hardship(s). Primarily heard in Australia, New Zealand. It's certainly been a rough trot for the beleaguered celebrity family, as news of yet another scandal started hitting the media outlets this afternoon. Jake's chemotherapy was a really rough trot for a while there, but he seems to be handling it much better recently.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
ZoltÁN	ZOL-tahn	Hungarian
KandaĴA	kahn-DAH-zhah	Esperanto
Tomasa	to-MAH-sah	Spanish
Gordan	GOR-dahn (Serbian, Croatian)	Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Tielo	-	Medieval German
Yuri (2)	yoo-ṙee	Japanese