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!"

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