"rough sledding" meaning in English

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          "text": "We're running out of money. It's going to be rough sledding from now on, but we'll have to cope."
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          "ref": "2007 December 3, anonymous GOP strategist, quoted in Dan Balz, \"[http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2007/12/03/post_221.html '30 Days of Rough Sledding']\" (blog entry), The Washington Post online",
          "text": "Rudy's team did not handle last weeks discovery well. They are in for 30 days of rough sledding."
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        "A difficult period of time."
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        "(idiomatic) A difficult period of time."
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