tough nut to crack

(Redirected from nut to crack)

English

Alternative forms

tougher nut to crack, toughest nut to crack

Pronunciation

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Noun

tough nut to crack (plural tough nuts to crack)

Synonym of hard nut to crack

Usage notes

Tough/er/est nut to crack is by far the most common form in COCA (US), about equal to hard/er/est nut to crack at BNC (UK).

Translations

challenging problem to solve

Finnish: kova pähkinä purtavaksi
German: harte Nuss
Italian: gatta da pelare f
Russian: кре́пкий оре́шек (ru) m (krépkij oréšek)
Spanish: hueso duro de roer m
Swedish: svår nöt att knäcka c

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