informal

a situation where two bad things happen at the same time.

Critics claim that the cuts in public spending coupled with a pay freeze is a double whammy which will affect low-paid workers badly.

• make hard work of doing something
• make hard work of something
• make hay
• make hay while the sun shines
• make headlines
• make heads or tails of
• make heads or tails of something
• make heads or tails out of
• make heads or tails out of something
• make headway
• make heavy weather of
• make heavy weather of doing something
• make heavy weather of something
• make history
• make it big
• make it business to
• make it business to do something
• make it good
• make its move
• Make it snappy!
• make it snappy
• make its way
• make its way somewhere
• make it your business to
• make it your business to do something