rough sledding

Alternative forms

 * hard sledding

Noun

 * 1)  A difficult period of time.
 * We're running out of money. It's going to be rough sledding from now on, but we'll have to cope.
 * 1) * 2007 December 3, anonymous GOP strategist, quoted in Dan Balz, "'30 Days of Rough Sledding '" (blog entry), The Washington Post online:
 * Rudy's team did not handle last weeks discovery well. They are in for 30 days of rough sledding.