硬骨头 [
yìng gú tou]
hard bone
a dauntless, unyielding person
a man of iron
- 在教育工作中,对“差生”的工作是最难啃的“硬骨头”之一。
In the course of education, "poor students" are the hardest to cope with. - 民主党掌控参众两院,特别是参议院人数占优,而这个地方向来是历届总统难啃的硬骨头。
Democrats will be in charge of both Houses of Congress, in particular with a large majority in the Senate, the chamber that can most often frustrate presidents. - 加沙这块喷射火箭弹、吞噬以军生命的“硬骨头”,对在约旦河西岸重复类似的军事行动是一个前车之鉴。
A restive Gaza, belching out rockets and swallowing up soldiers, is not a good advertisement for a repeat exercise in the West Bank.