Meanings of tougher nut in English

The lifting of UN security council sanctions is a tougher nut to crack.

But they found plucky Palestine a tougher nut to crack in Abu Dhabi.

Baird was going to be a tougher nut to crack.

Low-alcohol doesn't have to mean low-taste, but no-alcohol is a tougher nut to crack.

But this is a much tougher nut to crack.

Bella is a tougher nut to crack; she often glances at her watch when I talk to her.

Grimsby Town, conquerors of Liverpool in the previous round, found Arsenal a tougher nut to crack last night.

Here, the Peninsula looks a tougher nut to crack than it did on Lord K.'s small and featureless map.

But Afghanistan is a tougher nut to crack than Iraq is, according to Vikram Singh writing at World Politics Review.

That place, with its armored first-floor windows and its foundation of bedrock, would be a tougher nut for Stinger to crack.

The Real Madrid forward, however, may find Uruguay a tougher nut to crack than he has faced so far in the tournament.

The previous federal Labor government agreed to hand over the cash, but the new industry minister, Ian Macfarlane, is proving a tougher nut to crack.

I've cracked tougher nuts than you.

But now their cadres may face tougher nuts to crack -the ballot box and frail villagers like Saili Bika.

"I have a tougher nut to crack," Eric added.