biggest hurdle
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- noun
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mayor obstáculo
- OK, our next question, what do you think is the biggest hurdle toward establishing a permanent human presence in space?
But I think a bigger hurdle is fear.
- But I think a bigger hurdle is fear.
- Those are really the two big hurdles that we have to come get over.
- And so that's the other thing is, you know, because money can be the biggest hurdle in going after our dreams.
- You know, meow, the biggest hurdle to get over with this thing is that this this prosthetic on my face smells like raw chicken.
- But even with that, there still was another big hurdle.
- So I don't see, I wouldn't see it as like this huge thing that like this big hurdle that you have to overcome.
- Like, and, and I think that that that is what like is my biggest hurdle probably.
- So it's that I think a big hurdle for a lot of people too, not just guys getting out is limitations.
- So again, one of I think the biggest hurdles people can get kind of tripped over on is it's not the same as it used to be or it changed now.
Examples
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That team's the biggest hurdle we'll face next year.
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However, one of the biggest hurdles that must be addressed is not technical but rather regulatory.
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Global competition is the biggest hurdle the economy has to overcome.
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One of the biggest hurdles for the GOP is basic education on this.
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Tell me, what do you think is the biggest hurdle to overcome in addressing the digital comments?
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The biggest hurdle many of my clients face in fiction writing is characterization.
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The biggest hurdle they face is the creation and development of the chassis.
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Many, if not most, of my nuclear energy colleagues believe that our biggest hurdle is overcoming public fears.
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One of the biggest hurdles going forward will be adapting to supercomputing's changing landscape.
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For many students, the biggest hurdle to success is finding time to study.
Synonyms
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A situation that causes trouble and needs a solution
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A thing or problem that makes it hard to reach a goal
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Something that stops or makes it hard to make progress
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A problem that stops progress or makes a goal hard to reach
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A difficult task that needs a lot of effort to succeed
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A problem that stops progress or makes moving forward difficult
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A very difficult task that you must overcome
A last very difficult challenge someone must get past in a project or task
A difficult challenge you must get past to do well
A difficult problem that needs careful handling
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a simple superlative adjective + noun composition: 'biggest' (= most large/important) modifies 'hurdle' (an obstacle or difficulty), so the meaning 'most significant obstacle' is directly derivable from the parts. This construction is compositional and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily understand it.
Etymology
Biggest hurdle comes from running races where a hurdle is a small fence that runners must jump and the biggest one is the hardest to clear. So calling something the biggest hurdle means the 'main problem' to overcome.