begin at the wrong end
misnegotiate
dub
put up a show
undermanage
make out
cope
languish
kick someone when they are down
strugglingly
to hell in a handbasket
maul
stick fat
fan the flames
make a hash of
drop someone in it
make a pig's ear of
rigorousness
live
rigour
asperity
rigor
hardship
severeness
severity
grimness
rigourousness
deal
take something in stride
pansy
miskeep
suffer
play with edge-tools
compound
cross
turn to
stink up
hopeless
make one's bed and lie in it
hit one hard
stink out
go through hell
up a gum tree
toil
beef
live through
dismalize
resourcefulness
keep the show on the road
hard as nails