hard put, be

Find something very difficult, as in The show was so bad that I was hard put to conceal my dismay, or Manufacturers will be hard put to meet the new standards. [c. 1700]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sans	-	Medieval Spanish
Eukleides	-	Ancient Greek
Bran (2)	BRAHN	Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Branca	BRAN-ka (Galician)	Portuguese, Galician
Aldina (2)	-	Bosnian
Chea	-	Khmer