An uphill battle!
※それぞれの単語やイディオムは英辞郎にリンクしています。分からない言葉があったらハイライトして、クエスチョンマーク（？）をクリックしてください。英辞郎ホームページに飛び意味をすかさず調べることができます。Let’s try!!
Hello and good morning to you all! It’s a fine Sunday morning and I’m spending time with my little baby Anna, she’s now only 6 months old and every day is always so much fun!! However, as many of you know raising your first baby can be an uphill battle at times! making sure she’s always warm enough and helping her to sleep etc. An uphill battle” means if you’re trying to do something like a job that seems difficult to succeed in!
- I’m too busy at work! I can’t get the work done it all seems like an uphill battle! （仕事が超忙しいよ！なかなかうまく行かなくて終わらせられないんだ。）
- It’s always an uphill battle to get my homework done on time! （時間内に宿題を終わらせることはとても難しい。）
In yesterdays lesson we studied Snowed under, so let’s use both of these new phrases in the same conversation:
A: Hi John, how’s work? （ジョン、仕事はどう？）
B: I’m always snowed under with extra work! It seems like an uphill battle trying to get it all done! （いつも余計な仕事に追われてるって感じだよ。全部終わらすのはとうてい難しそうだ。）
A: Oh! I’m so sorry to hear that, let me know if there’s anything I can help you with. （まじで？それは大変そうだね。もし私にできることがあれば言ってよ、協力するわ。）
B: Thanks I appreciate it!! （ありがとう！助かるよ。）
Well-done! Hope you enjoyed today’s lesson and look forward to seeing you tomorrow!
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