sucker punch

An unexpected blow, as in They felt that suddenly raising the interest rate was a sucker punch to the administration. This expression comes from boxing, where it is used for a punch delivered unexpectedly; boxing great Jack Dempsey wrote, "The right lead [for a right-handed boxer] is called a sucker punch." [Slang; mid-1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mari (2)	-	Mythology
Eleutherius	-	Late Greek (Latinized)
Yahya	-	Arabic, Turkish, Persian
Eloisa	e-lo-EE-zah	Italian
Kirby	KUR-bee	English
Christi	KRIS-tee	English