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What does hard nut to crack mean?

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Noun
  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see hard,‎ nut,‎ crack.
  2. (idiomatic) A problem that is challenging to solve.
  3. (idiomatic, by extension) A situation, person, group, etc. which is difficult to overcome or deal with.
  4. (idiomatic) A place, opportunity, etc. to which it is difficult to gain entry.
  5. (idiomatic) An amount that is difficult to finance.
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But that also means that the tensions that make missile defense such a hard nut to crack remain in place.
Nostalgia is, ultimately, a hard nut to crack.
This time, the discharge pertains to the 1998 budget, and it is a particularly hard nut to crack.
As such, the way in which the climate plan is to be fleshed out will be an extremely hard nut to crack for both Flemish industry and Flemish consumers, who will also be faced with higher electricity bills, for example.
My nap meets Approvance on terms 7lb worse than weight-for-age and Jimmy Lenehan's tough six-year-old will be a hard nut to crack.
He saw the dilemma.... It was a hard nut to crack. He could see no way out of it.

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