PWG - HARD

IT'S A CURVE BALL, __ .
IT ERECTS BARRIERS RATHER THAN KNOCKING THEM DOWN, __ .
IT MAKES A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLE HILL, __ .
IT ESTABLISHES WALLS OF COMPLEXITY AROUND, __ .
IT REQUIRES SOME HEAVY LIFTING, __ .
IT REQUIRES A DEEP DIVE, __ .
THEY ARE PLAYING HARD BALL, __ .
ITS HARDER THAN NAILING JELLY TO THE WALL, __ .
ITS LIKE HERDING CATS, __ .
ITS A BOX OF FROGS, __ .
It's always harder to make a case for lost hours than for lost dollars, __ .
IT'S HARDER THAN HE'D CARE TO ADMIT, __ .
THAT WAS FEEDING THE COMPLEXITY MACHINE, __ .
IT HAS BECOME QUITE TURBULENT, __ .
ADMITIDLY, ITS DIFFICULT TO DIGEST, __ .
BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, __ .
BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, __ .
WELL I'VE GOT MY BACK TO THE WALL ON THIS ONE, __ .
ITS A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW, __ .
ITS LIKE EXTRACTING BLOOD FROM A STONE, __ .
I must warn you, Its non-trivial, __ .
THEY ARE WORKING AT FULL TILT, __ .
People who are desperate enough don't look very hard at the price or the evidence...apricot pits..Mexico exclusive medical cure..Sweden in supermarket, __.
ITS LIKE PULLING TEETH, __ .
ITS A CAN OF WORMS, __ .
WE NEED TO MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS, __ .
It is more CHALLENGING than they initially suspected, __ .
It is a quite COMPLEX problem to solve for several reasons. Firstly, __ .
WE NEED TO DRILL DOWN HARD TO EXTRACT ALL THE NECESSARY DETAILS, __ .
Has proven difficult to piece together, __ .
Its more difficult in a hostile environment, __ .
first time difficult as we need to carve out the gully, __ .
ALWAYS MORE CHALLENGING FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES, __ .
THAT ADDS A LAYER OF COMPLEXITY, __ .
ITS A GREY AREA WITH NO SIMPLE ANSWER, __ .
There are a number of variables we do not have control over, __ .
Rome wasn't built in a day, __ .
Its difficult to hit a moving target, __ .
SWIMMING AGAINST THE TIDE, __ .
ITS AN UPHILL BATTLE, __ .
TRYING TO TURN WATER INTO WINE, __ .
Up the creek without a paddle, __ .
Answer a difficult question with a 'WHY EXACTLY IS THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU?' question, __ .
Need to keep so many plates spinning, __ .
systems are getting more and more complex, so we need to overcompensate and expend a lot of energy on simplification, __ .
ITS COMPRISED OF MANY MOVING PARTS, __ .
this adds another layer of complexity, __ .
If you did an apples-to-apples comparison its many times more complex, __ .
a small cog in a complex system, __ .
ineffable complexity, __ .
This raises several complexities, __ .
We need to abstract from the end-user all those complexities, __ .
The process is a little convoluted, __ .
It seems quite counter-intuitive, __ .
Sounds like you are in Over your head, __ .
There are a number of operational complexities we need to overcome, __ .
We need to wade through red-tape and process, __ .
You got the rough end of the stick, __ .
It's rough but readt, __ .
It's a little rough around the edges, __ .