a double whammy

(informal)

a situation where two bad things happen at the same time Critics claim that the cuts in public spending coupled with a pay freeze is a double whammy which will affect low-paid workers badly.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tajana	-	Croatian, Serbian
Saladin	SAL-ə-din (English), SAL-ə-deen (English)	History
TomÁS	to-MAHS (Spanish), too-MASH (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese, Irish
Tsveta	-	Bulgarian
Mei (2)	me:	Japanese
Thu	-	Vietnamese