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
Laila (2)	LIE-lah	Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish
Donatella	do-nah-TEL-lah	Italian
Taisiya	tah-EE-see-yah	Russian
Tamanna	-	Indian, Hindi, Bengali
Hecuba	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Imelda	ee-MEL-dah	Italian, Spanish