hard sledding

and tough sledding

Fig. a very difficult time. They had some hard sledding when they were first married. It was tough sledding for sure when our crops failed that year.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Raginmar	-	Ancient Germanic
Eliphalet	i-LIF-ə-let (English), ee-LIF-ə-let (English)	Biblical
Amaal	-	Arabic
Bengta	BENKT-ah	Swedish
Mellan	MEL-an	Irish
Marinho	-	Portuguese