tough nut to crack

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tough nut to crack (plural tough nuts to crack)

  1. Synonym of hard nut to crack

Usage notes

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  • Tough/er/est nut to crack is by far the most common form in COCA (US), about equal to hard/er/est nut to crack at BNC (UK).

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