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Phrase



                                              There’s the rub







                                                       Origin



                                                       Hamlet








                                                   Definition



                   An obstacle that prevents someone from


                                            doing something.








                                                    Example



                      An old lady is looking at the last roll of

                 toilet paper, I can’t bear to take it from her.


                                             There’s the rub.
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