- 四苦八苦
- しくはっく
be in dire distress
hard put to it* * *しくはっく【四苦八苦】¶ → 四苦八苦する* * *しくはっく【四苦八苦】~する suffer (terribly); be in dire distress.●論文が書けなくて四苦八苦する be distressed at not being able to finish one's thesis
・ただいま資金調達で四苦八苦しています. We are now having difficulty [a hard time] raising funds.
・不況のため中小企業は四苦八苦している. Smaller businesses are hard hit by the recession.
・子育てに四苦八苦しましたが, ようやく手がかからない年齢になりました. We've been through a lot raising our children, but now at last they've reached a less troublesome age.
●四苦八苦の状態にある be in distress [a bad way]
・ノルマを果たそうと四苦八苦の毎日です. I'm hard put to manage my daily quota.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.