Hard TimesOne worth keeping
“When frost hits after a long warm spell, them early buds pay dear.”
The first US interest rate raise in three years is chillin' folks who borrowed like summer'd last.
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.