2007-03-27 06:37:15 · 11 answers · asked by la_chaparra_4 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
A hard NUT to crack means that it is a real problem which will require effort to solve!
It's from the fact that there are lots of nuts that ARE hard to break open.
2007-03-27 06:40:18 · answer #1 · answered by apocalypso blues 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means a difficult person or situation and the idiom is "a hard nut to crack".
2007-03-27 13:48:50 · answer #2 · answered by robert s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a hard NUT to crack, meaning that it's a difficult problem. Consider the different kinds of nut. Peanut shells can be broken by squeezing the nut between your fingers, A Brazil nut or almond would be much more difficult due to the hardness of the shell, requiring a hammer or nutcrackers. |Thus because of the extra difficulty they would be 'hard nuts to crack'.
2007-03-27 13:43:41 · answer #3 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The idiom is actually, "a hard NUT to crack," meaning literally something with a hard shell that is hard to get into.
Basically, something that seems impenetrable or difficult.
2007-03-27 13:40:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hard nut to crack is a difficult problem or someone who is not easy to figure out.
2007-03-27 15:42:41 · answer #5 · answered by bandit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will make more sense if you understand it to be "a hard nut to crack" instead of what you wrote.
Anyway, it typically refers to someone, thing, or situation that is difficult to deal with or understood. It could be a person not easily convinced or won over or a problem difficult to solve.
2007-03-27 13:43:16 · answer #6 · answered by Elisa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that the thing refered to is a difficult task--just like cracking open a hard not.
2007-03-27 13:41:35 · answer #7 · answered by WolverLini 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wrong spelling. It's "a hard NUT to crack"........and it comes, quite literally, from a nut shell (as in, walnut, pecan, brazil nut, etc.) that is tough to break open.
2007-03-27 13:41:20 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's " a hard NUT to crack" and it means it's tough or really hard to do.
2007-03-27 14:45:44 · answer #9 · answered by JEANNE B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is nut. As in a tough problem.
2007-03-27 13:44:57 · answer #10 · answered by chante 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋