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| weary load(trouble, concern, strain, weight) | |
| aching heart(idiom, pain) | |
| act of God(idiom, ruin, catastrophe, tragedy) | |
| anvil chorus(noun, depression, sadness, gloom) | |
| ax to grind(noun, idiom, sorrow, protest) | |
| bad health(noun, upset, disease, illness) | |
| bad omen(ruin, destruction, misfortune, downfall) | |
| bad times(idiom, adversity) | |
| bete noir(trouble, ruin, burden, misery) | |
| big stink(protest, objection, complaint) | |
| big trouble(noun, worry, distress, pain) | |
| bleeding heart(idiom, pain) | |
| blot on the landscape(idiom, stain, decay, scar) | |
| blue ruin(collapse, woe, disaster, catastrophe) | |
| body blow(noun, upset, disappointment, setback) | |
| bolt from the blue(noun, idiom, upset, blow) | |
| carking cares(idiom, pain) | |
| dark cloud(idiom, adversity) | |
| death loss | |
| disaster tragedy(collapse, woe, disaster, catastrophe) |
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