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| rotten luck(blow, cross, failure, hardship) | |
| tough luck(blow, cross, failure, hardship) | |
| whole new ballgame(noun, idiom, delay, hindrance) | |
| act of God(idiom, ruin, catastrophe, tragedy) | |
| arm and a leg(idiom, charge, rate, price) | |
| asking price(charge, rate, price) | |
| bitter pill(defeat, blow, failure, hindrance) | |
| body blow(noun, upset, disappointment) | |
| booby trap(hindrance, impediment, discouragement) | |
| bottom dollar(charge, rate, price) | |
| can of worms(noun, idiom, difficulty, hindrance) | |
| cash on barrelhead(figure, value, payment, outlay) | |
| change of mind | |
| come to(figure, value, payment, outlay) | |
| damp squib(disappointment, disillusionment) | |
| dead weight(weakness, impairment, disablement) | |
| dire straits(limit, edge, boundary) | |
| disputed point(noun, difficulty, hindrance, hitch) | |
| double whammy(noun, upset, blow, shock) | |
| evil eye(noun, magic, spell, jinx) |
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