tricky
adjective (DIFFICULT) /ˈtrɪk.i/Definition
B2 If a piece of work or problem is tricky, it is difficult to deal with and needs careful attention or skill: Those bird models are quite tricky to make, aren't they? I'm in a bit of a tricky situation really - whatever I do I'll offend someone.Complicated and difficult to doDifficult to understand
(Definition of tricky adjective (DIFFICULT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- get blood out of/from a stone idiom
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