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tough sledding Slang 
hard going.
See also: rough sledding
- 1908 "Now them kind of places is all right for married men but they're tough sleddin' for single ones, and after a while a feller gets awful careless about himself."
- 1938 Of course it was not all easy going, and there were times of "tough sledding," but there were no tragedies.
- 1908 "Now them kind of places is all right for married men but they're tough sleddin' for single ones, and after a while a feller gets awful careless about himself."