cross to bear

cross to bear

English

Alternative forms

• cross to take up
• heavy cross to bear
• heavy cross to take up

Noun

cross to bear (plural crosses to bear)

1. (idiomatic) A problem, or unpleasant or painful situation or person that you have to accept and deal with, although you find it very difficult, or it causes trouble or worry for you over a long period of time.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:difficult situation

   We all have our crosses to bear.

   The loss was a heavy cross for her to bear.

Translations

a problem, or unpleasant or painful situation or person

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Cantonese: 煩惱, 烦恼 (faan4 nou5), 麻煩, 麻烦 (maa4 faan4), 心理負擔, 心理负担 (sam1 lei5 fu6 daam1) Hakka: 煩惱, 烦恼 (fàn-nó), 麻煩, 麻烦 (mà-fàn), 心理負擔, 心理负担 (sîm-lî fu-tâm) Mandarin: 煩惱／烦恼 (zh) (fánnǎo), 麻煩／麻烦 (zh) (máfan), 心理負擔／心理负担 (xīnlǐ fùdān) Min Dong: 麻煩, 麻烦 (mà-huàng) Min Nan: 煩惱 (zh-min-nan), 烦恼 (zh-min-nan) (hoân-ló), 麻煩 (zh-min-nan), 麻烦 (mâ-hoân), 心理負擔, 心理负担 (sim-lí hū-tam) Wu: 麻煩, 麻烦 (mo ve (T3)) Danish: kors at bære Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: taakka (fi), risti kannettavana German: Kreuz (de) n (as in: ein/sein Kreuz zu tragen haben) Italian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: 苦難 (ja) (くなん, kunan) Korean: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can Thai: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

References

• “a cross to bear” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• “cross to bear, .”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Anagrams

• Serbo-Croats