there's the rub



there's the rub

here is the difficulty You can't get a job unless you have experience. And there's the rub – how do you get experience if you can't get a job?
Usage notes: also appears as here's the rub and that's the rub: The factory is ready to go, but here's the rub – there's no market for the products.
See also: rub

There's the rub.

  (old-fashioned) also Therein lies the rub. (old-fashioned)
something that you say when you are explaining what the difficulty is in a particular situation You can't get a job unless you have experience. And there's the rub - how do you get experience if you can't get a job?
See also: rub

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
IrmtraudEERM-trowtGerman
Janenejə-NEENEnglish
Yaqub-Arabic
Briseida-Literature
Prabhat-Indian, Hindi
Florenciaflo-REN-thyah (Spanish), flo-REN-syah (Latin American Spanish)Spanish