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Difficulty - Causing Difficulty

Master English idioms that relate to causing difficulties, like "the chill wind of" and "a pain in the neck".

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a pain in the ass

a person or thing that annoys one very much

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a victim of one's own success

a situation in which an individual or organization faces negative consequences or difficulties as a result of their own achievements or accomplishments

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a pain in the neck

a person or thing that causes one great annoyance or a lot of difficulty

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to be beyond a joke

to start becoming a source of trouble or worry

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to get in the way of somebody or something

to not let someone do something or to prevent something from getting done by causing problems

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long haul

a task that needs a great amount of time and effort to finish

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stumbling block

something that prevents the progress or occurrence of something

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to take a lot out of somebody

to exhaust one mentally or physically in order to be done or achieved

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the last straw

the final and decisive event or action that pushes someone beyond their tolerance or patience, leading to a significant reaction or decision

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a monkey on one's back

a problem that is in no way easy to solve or get rid of

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like kicking (dead) whales down the beach

used to refer to a task or activity that is completely pointless and illogical

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to get one's hands dirty

to engage in manual work, particularly one that is exhausting or of high difficulty

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thorn in one's side

a person or thing that is problematic and hard to deal with

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the chill wind of something

a collection of problems that are caused by something

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milestone around one's neck

an inescapable problem or responsibility that proves too much for one to bear

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tar baby

a problem that becomes more difficult to deal with the more one tries to solve it

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the straw that break the camel's back

one of several difficulties happening after one another that finally makes it intolerable for someone to continue something

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to be drown in something

to be overwhelmed or completely absorbed by a specific thing, experience, or emotion

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