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
Guanting	-	Chinese
Tamrat	-	Eastern African, Amharic
Ortega	[ɔ:'teigə]
Sorcha	SAWR-ə-khə (Irish), SAWR-khə (Irish)	Irish, Scottish
Ikenna	-	Western African, Igbo
Qiang	-	Chinese