Idioms category: Struggle

a small fish in a big pond
success difficulty progress opportunity challenge feeling struggle learning situation
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added fuel to the fire
conflict problem trouble struggle difficulty
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Cut-throat competition
competition business work success struggle difficulty challenge
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The last straw
problem trouble difficulty struggle challenge
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turn the tide
strategy challenge advantage success conflict struggle
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Fend for yourself
responsibility struggle challenge struggle
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Knock into a cocked hat
challenge problem success behaviour action struggle struggle conflict
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Not a leg to stand on
problem body difficulty struggle
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Hard pill to swallow
problem difficulty emotion trouble challenge situation action struggle situation situation situation situation situation situation
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take a toll
problem difficulty challenge struggle consequence
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Cop an attitude
behaviour action body communication problem conflict difficulty trouble struggle
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At loggerheads
conflict struggle
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Get the short end of the stick
difficulty struggle
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I will swing for you
action challenge danger risk conflict competition struggle
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Go cold turkey
food struggle
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Queer Street
uncertainty risk struggle struggle
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Tooth and nail
action struggle conflict difficulty competition struggle
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Have an axe to grind
conflict struggle
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Against the clock
time work competition struggle challenge danger action risk progress success failure consequence
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In the red
money struggle trouble failure
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Back against the wall
danger trouble difficulty struggle challenge conflict struggle
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Keep body and soul together
body struggle food struggle
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Through thick and thin
struggle
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Caught between two stools
conflict situation uncertainty struggle
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The shot heard 'round the world
history leadership struggle conflict tradition
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Robbing Peter to pay Paul
money consequence problem difficulty struggle
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Cut off without a penny
money problem struggle
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Stress out
feeling emotion difficulty struggle
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In the same boat
situation difficulty struggle
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Double whammy
problem difficulty trouble challenge struggle difficulty
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give up without a fight
struggle conflict
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Keep the wolf from the door
money struggle difficulty struggle
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Dragged through a hedge backwards
difficulty struggle
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Against the grain
work conflict struggle challenge
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Evil days
time struggle trouble
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Blood, sweat and tears
emotion body difficulty work success struggle struggle success emotion body
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Achilles' heel
problem failure difficulty challenge struggle trouble
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Three strikes and you are out
consequence action competition struggle difficulty
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Make ends meet
money struggle difficulty
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The bane of my life
trouble problem difficulty struggle
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By dint of
success struggle
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Eaten out of house and home
struggle
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Doom and gloom
problem feeling emotion difficulty struggle trouble
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Over my dead body
emotion conflict struggle conflict
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Go down swinging
danger action strategy conflict conflict struggle
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To add insult to injury
trouble problem difficulty struggle
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Scraping the barrel
struggle
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Survival of the fittest
competition struggle success
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bumpy ride
difficulty struggle
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No pain, no gain
work success progress challenge struggle
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Nasty, brutish and short
struggle difficulty
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Baptism of fire
challenge difficulty learning education action danger risk struggle conflict struggle
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Blood toil tears and sweat
work success struggle difficulty
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The short end of the stick
struggle difficulty
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find her feet
learning situation struggle
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A millstone around one's neck
struggle difficulty trouble struggle struggle struggle struggle struggle
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Murphy's Law
difficulty failure problem trouble struggle
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Fight the good fight
work success struggle conflict action
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Clutch at straws
problem failure struggle
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At the end of your tether
trouble difficulty struggle action
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At the end of one's rope
trouble struggle
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Go against the grain
behaviour conflict struggle
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Go the distance
success struggle challenge competition
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An arm and a leg
money difficulty struggle
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An albatross around one's neck
responsibility consequence trouble struggle difficulty challenge struggle challenge struggle challenge consequence
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battled tooth and nail
struggle conflict
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At the 11th Hour
time work success struggle responsibility consequence consequence consequence consequence consequence consequence consequence consequence consequence
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Rob Peter to pay Paul
money problem struggle difficulty consequence
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no place for the faint-hearted
difficulty challenge danger risk struggle trouble conflict
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The straw that broke the camel's back
problem animal risk struggle
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Skid row
struggle
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Fish out of water
animal struggle difficulty
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Bend over backwards
struggle
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keep his head above water
money difficulty struggle success time
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an uphill battle
difficulty challenge struggle
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twists and turns
challenge difficulty struggle strategy
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Bane of your life
problem trouble difficulty struggle
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Thorn in the flesh
problem body trouble challenge struggle difficulty
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The bitter end
problem difficulty trouble struggle conflict challenge struggle conflict challenge struggle conflict challenge struggle
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A tough row to hoe
work struggle challenge responsibility responsibility
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Fight tooth and nail
struggle competition conflict struggle
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I have nothing to offer but blood toil tears and sweat
struggle difficulty struggle struggle
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The Devil to pay
problem difficulty trouble money consequence risk conflict struggle challenge responsibility consequence action
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stood his ground
responsibility challenge struggle conflict
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At the end of your rope
trouble problem difficulty struggle
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on the ropes
struggle difficulty trouble success
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bitten off more than she could chew
difficulty challenge responsibility failure struggle
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Meet your match
challenge competition success struggle
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bit off more than they could chew
difficulty food consequence failure challenge struggle
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Upset the apple-cart
challenge conflict struggle conflict struggle
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Behind the eight ball
difficulty work trouble problem challenge risk struggle situation
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Life's not all beer and skittles
problem difficulty struggle struggle trouble difficulty
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A fish out of water
animal struggle
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