It’s like I am pulling hairs to make it happen

My daughter-in-law was trying to organize several things going on at the same time and she uttered this nice congruent conflation of “pulling teeth” and “pulling my hair out”, both meaning an extreme frustration regarding a difficult situation. “Pulling” is the culprit here, appearing in both idioms. “Pulling strings” (using personal connections to achieve a desired result) might also be in the mix. A tip of the hat to Doree Simon Hatfield for sending this one in!