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the rub
the rubThe biggest problem or difficulty (with the situation being discussed). The phrase was famously used in Shakespeare's Hamlet (as "there's the rub") and is now seen in many different variations, including "therein lies the rub" and "that's the rub." All I need to do to get my car back is pay the fine, but there's the rub: my wallet is locked in the glove compartment.See also: rubthe rubThe difficulty or problem, as in We'd love to come but there's the rub-we can't get reservations. This expression may come from lawn bowling, where rub refers to an unevenness in the ground that impedes the ball. Its most famous use is in one of Hamlet's soliloquies ( Hamlet, 3:1): "To sleep, perchance to dream-ay, there's the rub, For in that sleep of death what dreams may come ... Must give us pause." [Late 1500s] See also: rub |