逍遥右脑 2017-05-21 09:39
A body blow
惨痛的失败 致命一击
A body blow是一个成语表达,说明一件事对另一件事造成了巨大打击,后果严重。
例句:
His poor grade in the last essay was a body blow to his chances of graduating top of the class.
"I’m sorry to hear you broke your wrist."
"Thanks, it was a real body blow. I don’t think I’ll be able to recover in time for the competition this summer."
注意:
另一个含“身体”一词的成语是over my dead body“除非我死了”。
例句:
"Dad, I think I want to quit university."
"Over my dead body!"
"I want to paint the house purple."
"Over my dead body!"