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
Placide	-	French
Neno	-	Serbian, Croatian
Lilia	-	Russian, Ukrainian
Aleix	ə-LESH	Catalan
Alexandrina	[.æligza:n'dri:nə]
Boguslav	-	Medieval Slavic