hard hit, be

be hard hit (by something)

To be adversely affected (by something) to a great degree; to suffer financial losses (as the result of something). The seaside town was hard hit by storms this year. After the recession, all of our investments were hard hit.

hard hit, be

Be adversely affected or be severely stricken, as in The walk-in clinics were hard hit by the new insurance laws. This idiom must be differentiated from the similar-sounding adjective hard-hitting, alluding to strenuous exertion, as in They were a hard-hitting team. [Second half of 1800s]

词组	hard hit, be
释义	hard hit, be be hard hit (by something) To be adversely affected (by something) to a great degree; to suffer financial losses (as the result of something). The seaside town was hard hit by storms this year. After the recession, all of our investments were hard hit. See also: hard, hit Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. hard hit, be Be adversely affected or be severely stricken, as in The walk-in clinics were hard hit by the new insurance laws. This idiom must be differentiated from the similar-sounding adjective hard-hitting, alluding to strenuous exertion, as in They were a hard-hitting team. [Second half of 1800s] See also: hard The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: be hard hit (by something) go down like ninepins go down, drop, etc. like ninepins ninepin drop like flies drop like flies, to drop like ninepins be dropping like flies fall like ninepins deal somebody/something a blow
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