Tough shit
tough row to hoe, a
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- Tough sledding
Difficult work or progress, as in This bill faces tough sledding in the legislature . This idiom transfers the route on which a sled can travel to other kinds of progress toward a goal. It was first recorded as hard sledding in 1839. For the antonym, see easy sledding
- Toughy
noun, plural toughies. 1. toughie. noun, Informal. 1. a tough person, especially one who is belligerent. 2. a difficult problem or situation: That math test was a real toughie! 3. a harsh or blunt book, movie, etc. tough customer
- Toujours-perdrix
[too-zhoor per-dree] /tu ʒur pɛrˈdri/ French. 1. too much of a good thing.
- Toul
noun 1. a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832. noun 1. a town in NE France: a leading episcopal see in the Middle Ages. Pop: 16 945 (1999)
- Toulon
noun 1. a seaport in SE France: naval base. noun 1. a fortified port and naval base in SE France, on the Mediterranean: naval arsenal developed by Henry IV and Richelieu, later fortified by Vauban. Pop: 160 639 (1999)