have a mountain to climb



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have a mountain to climb

To have an extremely difficult, seemingly impossible task at hand. After losing Ohio to his opponent, the president now has a mountain to climb if he wants to hold on to his job.
See also: climb, have, mountain

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Fletcher['fletʃə]
Natsukinah-tsoo-keeJapanese
Aritra-Bengali
CeliaSEEL-yə (English), SEE-lee-ə (English), THE-lyah (Spanish), SE-lyah (Latin American Spanish), CHE-lyah (Italian)English, Spanish, Italian
Cenhelm-Anglo-Saxon
Jayanta-Hinduism, Bengali, Indian, Assamese