one step forward and two steps back

With or marked by a small amount progress that is then eradicated by a larger amount of setbacks, problems, or difficulties. So many administrative hurdles have been thrown up along the way that this whole project has been one step forward and two steps back ever since we began!

See also: and, back, forward, one, step, two

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kavitha	-	Indian, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada
LŐRinc	LUU-reents	Hungarian
Khayri	-	Arabic
MiĤAelo	mee-khah-E-lo	Esperanto
Janko	-	Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Slovak
Sumati	-	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi