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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a daunting proposition" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when describing a task or idea that seems challenging or intimidating to undertake. Example: "Starting a new business in a competitive market can be a daunting proposition for many entrepreneurs."
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That's a daunting proposition.
It is a daunting proposition.
"I think Tom's got a daunting proposition.
To act as her surrogate is a daunting proposition.
Getting voters to go to the polls in mid-August is always a daunting proposition.
Doing it right, season in and season out, is a daunting proposition, though.
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A coarsely textured terrine of pork, offal and fat seemed a more daunting proposition, somehow.
But the idea of time as it applies within families and across generations, fraught with the pain of loss and the weight of the past, was a more daunting proposition.
I met a couple of women from Bath – it was Bath for Europe that commissioned the berets and the Rees-Mogg notes – and a serious man from the east Midlands, who pointed out that changing the Brexit mindset in his part of the world, which includes the fiercely Europhobe towns of Boston and Spalding, was a more daunting proposition than it might be in, say, Bath.
For an Arts Council NPO such as Gecko, which can work regular visits to Edinburgh into its business plan whether showcased or not, a three-week run in Edinburgh is a far less daunting proposition than for smaller, unfunded outfits which get offered slots in the showcase.
This is a far more daunting proposition.
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