double whammynoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌdʌb.əl ˈwæm.i/us/ˌdʌb.əl ˈwæm.i/informala situation when two unpleasant things happen at almost the same time:
Farmers have faced the double whammy of a rising dollar and falling agricultural prices.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
- a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
- a cloud on the horizon idiom
- a fate worse than death idiom
- a hard/tough row to hoe idiom
- a narrow squeak idiom
- barrel
- bind
- crunch
- curse
- fate
- feeding frenzy
- going
- have a bumpy ride idiom
- have sb over a barrel idiom
- schtuck
- shtook
- stalemate
- standoff
- sticky wicket
- vortex
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