hard-put

He was hard put to it to decide whether to stay or to quit.

We were hard put to it to finish the examination in the required length of time.

I shall be hard put to it to pay my bills this month.

Cynics said even Bibi, famously tentative, would be hard put to backslide now that the president had publicly announced the accord.

Does that still invite senior to return to turn to narrate teacher, show son to guide to return to for some days and hard put?

I'd be hard put to it to say exactly why I disliked him.

One would be hard put to think of a better plan.

I'd be hard put to it to say exactly why I liked her.

The wind is blowing hard. Put on more clothes to keep warm.

You'd be hard put to it to make it more cheaply.

When inflation is running at more than 100, 000% a year, even the cleverest economists are hard put to know what to do.

I await to all know Huang the adult be sunk by the Wu, but hard put is agreeable.

"I'd be hard put to name anyone more influential, " he says of the Yomiuri chairman.

This leaves inspectors hard put to raise new questions when new information comes to hand.

I was hard put to make a choice between the two.

I'm hard put to it satisfy my creditors.

At times Kennedy was hard put to keep the conversation going.

He was rather hard put then financially.

Under the circumstances, he was hard put to explain himself.

They'll be hard put to get here before dawn.

We were hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.

It's snowing hard. Put on more clothes to keep warm.

Karl was hard put to find a good excuse for his absence.

I'd be hard-put to want to invest in that scheme.

I'll be really hard put to find another mammal that is so recognizable internationally and so beloved.

When people asked me to why I would go to study abroad, I was hard put (to it) to answer the question.

The innumerable words hard put an expression, end only : Bless you, Hong Kong!

hard put to in a state of difficulty