rocky road

noun

: a difficult time

He knew he had a long rocky road ahead of him if he wanted to become a doctor.

Examples of rocky road in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

When planetary scientists say the interior of Mars resembles a rocky road brownie more than a piece of buttery shortbread, the tasty metaphor masks billions of years of geological violence. —Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025

Other nearby states' comfort foods include chile relleno (New Mexico), green chili (Colorado), funeral potatoes (Utah), steak and eggs (Nevada) and rocky road ice cream (California). —Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 8 Aug. 2025

So far, Season 3 has been a rocky road for Jelly shippers. —Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025

Logan O’Grady, executive director of the Minnesota Solar Energy Industries Association, said the state’s solar industry began letting workers go even before Trump’s bill passed, in anticipation of a rocky road ahead. —Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 9 July 2025

Rhymes for rocky road

• afterload
• episode
• internode
• microcode
• multimode
• nematode
• nesselrode
• overflowed
• overload
• overrode
• radioed
• torpedoed