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Moeilijkheden - Onaangenaamheid onder ogen zien

Ontdek Engelse idiomen die betrekking hebben op het onder ogen zien van onaangenaamheden met voorbeelden als "bat on a sticky wicket" en "in the eye of the storm".

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yoke around one’s neck

a heavy and difficult situation or responsibility that someone has to deal with

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to bat on a sticky wicket

to be dealing with a critical or extremely difficult situation

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to be in for

to be expecting something difficult or undesirable to happen

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to batten down the hatches

to get ready for trouble, difficulty, or danger

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be a man

said to man as a way of asking them to behave less emotional, more though, or more responsible in face of difficulties

wees een man

wees een man

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to catch a Tartar

to get into a confrontation with a person or thing that is more powerful than what one assumed

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dog's life

a miserable life filled with difficulties and misfortune

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to go through hell

to experience something that is extremely painful or difficult, particularly for a long time

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in deep water

in trouble or a very difficult situation

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pretty pass

a situation or state that is very undesirable or difficult

lastige situatie

lastige situatie

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[zelfstandig naamwoord]
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the weight of the world

a worrisome or difficult responsibility or undertaking that is a burden to one

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to put years on sb

(particularly of an event or a difficult situation) to cause a lot of suffering to someone and make them look or feel much older

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to rear its (ugly) head

(of a problem or unpleasant situation) to appear or become noticeable often unexpectedly

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high and dry

(of a person) placed in a difficult situation with little or no resources or help

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in the eye of the storm

used to refer to being in the middle of a chaotic or controversial situation while maintaining a sense of control

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the party is over

used to say that a period of happiness, enjoyment, etc. has come to an end and one's life is going to get back to the state it previously was, if not worse

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bad hair day

a day that is full of incidents and misfortunes

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face to face

in an inevitable confrontation with an unpleasant or difficult situation

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to go sour

(of situations, moods, or relationships) to become unpleasant or unsuccessful

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