Hard TimesOne worth keeping
“The blight don't take just one stalk when it's in the corn.”
Ninth woman's body found as South African police investigate string of deaths.
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.