If you’re having a particularly tough time, you might say that you’re “having a hard fight with a short stick.” The idea is that if you’re defending yourself with a short stick, you’d be at a disadvantage against an opponent with a longer one. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Hard Fight With a Short Stick”
I came across a phrase the other day that I really like that describes something that’s really difficult to do, like a huge challenge.
It’s, that would be a hard fight with a short stick.
A hard fight with a short stick?
Yeah, or if somebody looks like they’ve had a bad day, you could say, you look like you’ve been in a hard fight with a short stick.
Right.
So somebody’s got some reach on you, right?
Yeah.
And they’re swatting you up against the head.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I don’t know.
I just had a visceral connection with that phrase.
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