A body blow 慘痛的失敗 致命一擊

　　A body blow 是一個成語表達(dá)，說明一件事對另一件事造成了巨大打擊，后果嚴(yán)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.”

　　請注意

　　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!”