"rough patch" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2020, Barack Obama, chapter 22, in A Promised Land, Crown:",
          "text": "It's in the nature of politics, and certainly the presidency, to go through rough patches – times when, because of a boneheaded mistake, an unforeseen circumstance, a sound but unpopular decision, or a failure to communicate – the headlines turn sour and the public finds you wanting.",
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        "A difficult or embattling period of one's life."
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        "(idiomatic) A difficult or embattling period of one's life."
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          "english": "trudnyj period",
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          "translation": "trudnyj period",
          "word": "трудный период"
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rough, patch."
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  "word": "rough patch"
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        "(idiomatic) A difficult or embattling period of one's life."
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