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
Hollis	HAHL-is	English
Demokritos	-	Ancient Greek
Lambert	LAHM-bert (German), LAHM-bərt (Dutch), lam-BER (French), LAM-bərt (English)	German, Dutch, French, English, Ancient Germanic
Cruz	KROOTH (Spanish), KROOS (Latin American Spanish), KROOSH (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese
Kerem	-	Turkish
Ji-Hun	jee-hoon	Korean