Matterhorn

Definitions

1. An iconic pyramidal mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy.
2. Something difficult to achieve or to surmount.
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Examples

“A second feature is the Matterhorn of inflation that dominates the scene. The average postwar recession showed a 1.4 per cent decline⟳ in industrial wholesale prices.”

“Meanwhile, soaring oil prices and plummeting real energy yields from liquid fuels have⟳ already left economic carnage in their wake⟳, as a fragile global financial system perched on a Matterhorn of debt has been dealt blow⟳ after blow⟳ by the failure of the real economy to expand⟳ as expected.”

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