The phrase "pose a headache" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to indicate a difficult or challenging issue that may be causing mental distress or physical pain. For example, "The task was complicated and posed a headache for the team."
Generalisations are perilous and pose a headache for post-election Republican strategists.
Howard Jacobs, the lawyer for Merritt and Hardy, said the timing of those resolutions could pose a headache for both sides.
The results of the stress tests, which are scheduled to be released on Friday, could pose a headache for the 27 European Union finance ministers who met here to discuss ways to ease the region's financial turmoil.
WASHINGTON — A weakening Chinese economy, underlined by a further slowdown disclosed on Friday in Beijing, is starting to pose a headache for United States officials and the two presidential campaigns, as Chinese companies shift toward a greater reliance on selling to the American market.
Freeview will lose around one third of its current share of the airwaves, posing a headache for the technicians and running the risk of channels being dropped.
The turmoil in this tiny country has also had repercussions far beyond Central America, posing a headache for the Obama administration's policy in Latin America.
The overt discontent from inside the armed forces poses a headache for Mr. Chávez, a firebrand former paratrooper who is facing falling popularity, a crisis of economic confidence and widespread criticism at home and abroad.
Onaga's victory poses a headache for Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, who supports the transfer of Futenma base from the middle of a densely populated city to a remote site off Okinawa's north-east coast.
We have seen students reacting to the brutal system of the ANC [the ruling party]." Stephen Grootes, a political commentator, said the success of the student protests posed a headache for the ANC.
Who can tell?Second, electronic commerce poses a headache for national regulators, especially in service industries such as medicine and financial advice where suppliers are much better informed than their customers.
This was a coordinated assault on unarmed civilians, ostensibly to enforce an injunction protecting the monument from the annual Stonehenge Free festival, but more strategically aimed at "decommissioning" the convoy itself – a collective of countercultural activists who had long posed a headache to Thatcher's government.
