double/triple whammy

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdouble/triple whammydouble/triple whammy informaltwo or three unpleasant things that happen at or around the same time and cause problems or difficulties for someone or for people in general The government’s policy is higher tax and higher interest rates. It’s a double whammy. → whammyExamples from the Corpusdouble/triple whammy• Is he aware that the Labour party will put up both - a double whammy?• In the political parlance of 1992, I suppose it might be said that Mr Platt has given himself a double whammy.• Economic impudence plus political insensitivity combine to make a Kinnockian double whammy that I will vote Tory to avoid, however unenthusiastically.• Anyway, in a showbiz double whammy the boys with the buttocks have been talking to Bryan Burnett.• After the double whammy of rugby in Johannesburg and rowing with Redgrave, though, I more resembled a wizened old man.

单词	double/triple whammy
释义	double/triple whammy From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdouble/triple whammydouble/triple whammy informaltwo or three unpleasant things that happen at or around the same time and cause problems or difficulties for someone or for people in general The government’s policy is higher tax and higher interest rates. It’s a double whammy. → whammyExamples from the Corpusdouble/triple whammy• Is he aware that the Labour party will put up both - a double whammy?• In the political parlance of 1992, I suppose it might be said that Mr Platt has given himself a double whammy.• Economic impudence plus political insensitivity combine to make a Kinnockian double whammy that I will vote Tory to avoid, however unenthusiastically.• Anyway, in a showbiz double whammy the boys with the buttocks have been talking to Bryan Burnett.• After the double whammy of rugby in Johannesburg and rowing with Redgrave, though, I more resembled a wizened old man.
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