A body blow
　　慘痛的失敗 致命一擊
　　A body blow是一個成語表達，說明一件事對另一件事造成了巨大打擊，后果嚴重。
　　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：
　　另一個含“身體”一詞的成語是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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