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a tough row to hoe

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a tough row to hoe
a difficult situation to deal with The author said that he knew it would be a tough row to hoe when he began research for this book.
See also: hoe, row, tough


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``It's a tough row to hoe being head dog catcher,'' said Teri Austin, president of the Amanda Foundation, the region's largest rescue group for dogs and cats, which operates a mobile spay-neuter clinic with city funds.
Arguing for a position for which there is little or no direct evidence, Kruse has a tough row to hoe.
And yet within this environment, trade associations--particularly those representing nursing facilities--have had a tough row to hoe.
 
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