Hard TimesOne worth keeping
“Even the stoutest ox don't pull when the yoke's chafin' too deep.”
Ariana Grande's emotional tour exit signals she's pullin' back from constant public life.
In the same vein
All Hard Times →A tough job that only gets done one painful foot at a time.
Fend for yourself, because nobody's coming to feed you.
Can't take from someone what they simply don't have.
Life alternates between hitting and being hit.
Everything's going wrong in both directions at once.
Fix it, stretch it, or learn to live with the hole.