therein lies the rub

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Etymology

Misquotation or paraphrasing from Shakespeare's Hamlet: "ay, there's the rub".

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therein lies the rub

  1. That is where the problem is.
    I tried to back up my database to a USB flash drive, but it isn't big enough. Therein lies the rub.

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