a body blow

(mainly British)

something that causes serious difficulty or disappointment Losing the court case was a body blow to animal rights campaigners. Her hopes of competing in the Olympics were dealt a body blow when she fell and injured her back.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mahaut	ma-O	French
Ayako	ah-yah-ko	Japanese
Ada	['eidə]
ZİYnet	-	Turkish
Carleton	KAHRL-tən	English
Lazar	LAH-zahr (Russian, Serbian, Croatian)	Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian