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a bumpy ride

A tough time. If you think going to graduate school while working a full-time job is easy, you're in for a bumpy ride! That update release was certainly a bumpy ride. How were so many bugs missed in testing? You have a three year old and you're pregnant with twins? Wow, you're in for a bumpy ride!

a rough ride

A tough time. If you think going to graduate school while working a full-time job is easy, you're in for a rough ride! That update release was certainly a rough ride. How were so many bugs missed in testing? You have a three year old and you're pregnant with twins? Wow, you're in for a rough ride!

give (one) a bumpy ride

To cause one trouble with some activity or pursuit. Graduate school really gave her a bumpy ride, and she was also working a full-time job. That update release certainly gave us a bumpy ride. How were so many bugs missed in testing? The early phase of pregnancy really gave me a bumpy ride. I was violently ill for weeks on end, ugh.

have a bumpy ride

To have trouble with some activity or pursuit. If you think going to graduate school while working a full-time job is easy, you're going to have a bumpy ride! I sure had a bumpy ride in the early phase of my pregnancy. I was violently ill for weeks on end, ugh. Listen, newbie, you'll have a bumpy ride around here if you keep submitting articles that are full of grammatical errors.

road ahead

The future course or path for someone or some group. The road ahead may be uncertain, but we'll be all right if we work together. Both candidates are confident in their chances, but it's a long road ahead to the election, and anything could happen between now and then. It will be a bumpy road ahead, but I know that our company will recover from this economic downturn.

a rough ride

a bumpy ride

COMMON If someone has a rough ride or a bumpy ride, they experience a lot of problems or opposition when they are trying to do something. The Prime Minister is likely to face a rough ride in parliament today from the opposition. The proposed changes are not popular with all of the board and the chief executive's bumpy ride is far from over. Note: You can say that someone has an easy ride, meaning that they do not experience many problems or much opposition. You don't come into politics expecting an easy ride.

a rough (or easy) ride

a difficult (or easy) time doing something.

give somebody/have a bumpy ˈride

make a situation difficult for somebody; have a difficult time: The business has had a bumpy ride over the last twelve months, but profits are growing again now.

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