have a rough ride

have a rough ride

To encounter difficulties or challenges; to have a tough time. If you think going to graduate school while working a full-time job will be easy, you're going to have a rough ride!See also: have, ride, rough

have/give somebody a rough/an easy ˈride

(informal) to experience/not experience difficulties when you are doing something; to make things difficult/easy for somebody: She hasn’t always had an easy ride in her business life.The government has been given a rough ride by the popular press recently.See also: easy, give, have, ride, rough, somebody