hardscrabble

• Décrit une vie ou une situation difficile qui exige beaucoup de travail acharné pour un faible rendement, souvent dans un contexte agricole ou de pauvreté rurale.

Describes a life or situation that is difficult and involves a lot of hard work with little reward, often used in the context of farming or rural poverty.

1. Barely meeting a lower standardC1formalamerican

   Involving or characterized by a struggle to achieve even a minimal level of success or comfort.

   de misère, de lutte pour le minimum

   • They lived a hardscrabble existence on the remote farm.
   • The artist's early years were a hardscrabble period of poverty and rejection.
   • The team managed a hardscrabble victory in the final minutes of the game.

   Synonymesarduousdifficultgruelingharshmarginalprecariousstrugglingtough

   Antonymesaffluentcomfortableeasyfortunateluxuriousprosperoussuccessfulthrivingwealthy