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
Tolly	-	English (Archaic)
Chiyo	chee-yo	Japanese
Braden	['breidn]
CengİZ	-	Turkish
Esteri	ES-te-ree	Finnish
Gustav	GOO-stahf (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German