body blow

But tomorrow, with just a few words, the Chancellor could deal the company a body blow.

The result is a much more flexible labor force, one that can take the body blow of change.

It was a body blow to human self-esteem, they said.

Then it hit her with the force of a body blow.

If the press finds out, the campaign would suffer a body blow.

Then the major difference struck Kirk with the force of a body blow.

"I felt like somebody had given me a body blow."

The worst: Losing in 1992 was a real body blow.

The decision was a body blow to many immigrant families.

I thought that really could have been a body blow to his career.