a mountain to climb

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a mountain to climb (British & Australian)

something that is very difficult to do After a bad start to the season, the team has a mountain to climb if they want to win the league.

See also: climb, mountain

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Byline: GAVIN BERRY JIM JEFFERIES blasted his stars for a first-half no-show that left Kilmarnock with a mountain to climb. WE HAVE TO DO KYLES BETTER SAYS JIM by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) On Saturday we didn't, we left a mountain to climb but we still came back and were very close. LIONS IN BID TO REWRITE RECORDS; RUGBY UNION by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) On Saturday we left a mountain to climb but we still came back and were very close. Lions can bounce back - Bowe by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)			a matter of record a matter of time a meal ticket a means to an end a medallion man a meeting of minds a meeting of the minds a melting pot a ménage à trois a merchant of doom a mess of a middle-aged spread a mile a minute a mile away a mile off a millstone around neck a mind of own a mine of information a misery guts A miss is as good as a mile a mixed bag a Monday morning quarterback a money-spinner a monkey on back a mother lode of a mountain to climb a mouth to feed a movable feast a mug's game a mummy's boy a mutual admiration society a mystery to a name to conjure with a narrow escape a near miss a necessary evil a needle in a haystack a nest egg a never-never land a new ballgame a new broom a new lease on life a New Man a nice little earner a night owl a nine-day wonder a nip and tuck a nip in the air a no-show a no-win situation A nod's as good as a wink			a mite a mite a mite a mite a mixed bag A Mobile Ventures Group A mode A Model Mortgage Group, Inc. A Modest Destiny A Modular Operating Kernel A Moment to Remember A Momentary Lapse of Reason A Mon Avis À Mon Humble Avis A Mon Humble Opinion À Mon Très Humble Avis a Monday morning quarterback a money-spinner a monkey on back a monkey on back a monkey on back a monkey on back a monkey on back A month mind A More Peaceful World A More Perfect Union a mote in eye a mote in eye a mote in eye a mother lode of a mountain to climb a mouth to feed a movable feast a mug's game A Multi-Phase Transport Model A Multicentre Evaluation of Neuropathy in Diabetes A Multiscalar Supercomputer a mummy'mother's boy a mummy's boy A Murder of Crows A Murine Systemic Senile Amyloid A murrain on you a mutual admiration society A Mutually-Orthogonal Usercode Receiver a mystery to A N Other a nail in the coffin a nail in the coffin a nail in the coffin a nail in the coffin A Naked World a name to conjure with A Name-Value Language a narrow escape a nasty bit of work a nasty bit of work a nasty piece of work a nasty piece of work a nasty taste in mouth a nasty taste in mouth a nasty taste in mouth

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