“A rough patch”
定義
A difficult period of time.
例句
Examples
“The startup went through a rough patch last year.”
Use this idiom in context
Restore the missing expression using the meaning above. Keep the rest of the sentence unchanged.
The startup went through _____ last year.Compare with the original example
The startup went through a rough patch last year.
Write a two-line conversation using “A rough patch”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
Check the expression in a dictionary常見問題
- What does "A rough patch" mean?
- "A rough patch" means a difficult period of time.
- How do you use "A rough patch" in a sentence?
- Example: "The startup went through a rough patch last year."
- Should I interpret "A rough patch" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.