tricky business

collocation in English

meaningsoftrickyandbusiness

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tricky
adjective
uk
/ˈtrɪk.i/us
/ˈtrɪk.i/
If a piece of work or problem is tricky, it is difficult to deal with and needs careful attention ...
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business
noun
uk
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/us
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/
the activity of buying and selling goods ...
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(Definition oftrickyandbusinessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftricky business

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Such a view of freedom is not fashionable, and defending it adequately is atrickybusiness.
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The delineation of historical periods is atrickybusiness, even for a professional historian.
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This made deciphering meaning correctly atrickybusiness.
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I have always held that legislating language is atrickybusiness, one that's likely to backfire, or misfire.
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She makes it plain that the management and control of jihadist ideology was no less atrickybusiness in the nineteenth century than it has been in the contemporary world.
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Record linkage istrickybusiness, and there are many possible ways it can go wrong.
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Notice, however, that detecting the exact moment when the user has 'finished' typing or modifying a word can be atrickybusiness.
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Decommissioning is a very, verytrickybusinessindeed.
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I think he will be proved wrong, although no one can express certitude; it is atrickybusiness.
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I am aware that this is a verytrickybusinessand that we must prevent any half-baked stories from getting into the papers.
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The first category, assistance in times of emergency, will be a much moretrickybusinessaltogether.
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Charities are atrickybusinesswhen you come to the question of defining them.
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It is an error to suppose that there has been sometrickybusinessin this connection.
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We are seeing whether we cannot reduce these to the greatest possible extent, but it is atrickybusiness.
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It is atrickybusiness, especially when there are other bodies to take into account.
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Of course, it is quite atrickybusinessto alter the common form because all these compensation provisions are interlocking.
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It is atrickybusinessto get the right valuation, and a farmer may have to go without his interest for months.
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We have 350,000 outlets, and to equate micro-planning with macro-economic requirements is atrickybusiness.
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It is atrickybusinessand will need careful supervision.
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