struggle bus

noun

A difficult situation.

“to be on the struggle bus”

Meanings

nounstruggle bus (plural struggle buses)

plural struggle buses

  1. slangA difficult situation.

    to be on the struggle bus

    5 more examples

    riding/driving the struggle bus

    “You're not answering me directly—I'm really on the struggle bus about this!” Jane exploded.

    2012, Thomas Kaplan-Maxfield, Grail Mysterium: An Adventure on The Heights, →ISBN, page 69

    Wow, 4%, sweetie you're the captain of the struggle bus.

    2016, Kate Grosshauser, The Diagnosis of a Break Up, →ISBN, page 50

    If low-back pain or sciatica has you constantly riding the struggle bus, you'll definitely want to start incorporating this pose morning, noon, and night.

    2016, Candace Moore, Namaslay, →ISBN

    But if I hadn't been driving the struggle bus, I probably would've derived some strange pleasure from this meeting. Sam and Matt were yelling at each other about structure versus style.

    2017, Kate Canterbary, Preservation, →ISBN
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