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
Kustaa	KOOS-tah:	Finnish
ÚRsula	OOR-soo-lə (Portuguese), OOR-soo-lah (Spanish)	Portuguese, Spanish
Chesed	-	Hebrew
Leola	-	English
Neta	-	Hebrew
Liviu	-	Romanian