could talk about people waiting for them to slip up or being under the microscope, perhaps. there's room for a better phrase for this.
― ogmor, Monday, 15 September 2014 17:33 (nine years ago) link
"(drinking) in the Last Chance Saloon"?
― Daphnis Celesta, Monday, 15 September 2014 17:34 (nine years ago) link
being put through the wringer?
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Monday, 15 September 2014 17:34 (nine years ago) link
Can't catch a break a bit too general, and having a rough time - while true - indeed a bit boring.
Under the cosh feels right, that pretty much nails what I meant. Put through the wringer sounds like the Bukowski version of it, but could still apply.
Ps you are all great, ilx delivers when needed so <3's to all of you
― ambient yacht god (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 15 September 2014 17:40 (nine years ago) link
sounds lime he's having a cuntish time
― fedora, wherever it may find her (darraghmac), Monday, 15 September 2014 18:14 (nine years ago) link
Cosh may refer to:
Hyperbolic cosine, a mathematical function with notation cosh(x)A type of blunt weaponSlang for chlorpromazine, an antipsychotic drugHarry and Cosh, a British children's television seriesCosh Boy, a 1953 British filmChrome OS ShellPeopleChris Cosh (born 1959), American football coachColby Cosh (born 1971), Canadian writerJohn Cosh (1915–2005), British rheumatologistSee also[edit]COSHH, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health, a set of UK regulations
― mattresslessness, Monday, 15 September 2014 18:16 (nine years ago) link
uk version of put through the wringer would be 'been through the mill'
― john wahey (NickB), Monday, 15 September 2014 19:02 (nine years ago) link