Hard TimesOne worth keeping
“The scythe's gone dull and the wheat's still standin' in the field.”
Russia's ability to go on the offensive is broken, Kyiv's ex-top general says.
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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.