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a double whammy (informal)

a situation where two bad things happen at the same time Critics claim that the cuts in public spending coupled with a pay freeze is a double whammy which will affect low-paid workers badly.

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The double whammy of Christmas and the credit crunch will make the first full week of January one of the busiest ever. Cash woes set to keep the divorce courts busy by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) The double whammy of Christmas and the credit crunch will make the first full week of January one of the busiest ever. Bumper week for lawyers by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) The double whammy of Christmas and the credit crunch will make the first full week of January one of the busiest ever. Busy start to year for divorce lawyers by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)			well up with Well, bust my buttons! Well, shut my mouth! well-heeled well-hung well-to-do welsh on welter in went gone out with the ark Were you born in a barn? west wet wet behind the ears wet blanket wet down wet the baby's head wet whistle whack whack off whack up whacked whale whale into whale the tar out of wham bam thank you ma'am whammy What a pity! What are you drinking? What are you driving at? What are you having? What brings you here? What can I say? What can I tell you? What can't be cured must be endured What difference does it make? what do you know What do you know for sure? what do you know! What do you know? What do you say? What do you think of that? What do you think of this weather? What do you think you are doing here? What do you think? What do you want me to say? What does that prove? What don't know won't hurt What else can I do for you? what else is new What gives? what goes around comes around			whaling ship whaling ship whaling ship Whaling ships Whaling ships Whaling ships Whall Whalley Business Improvement Association Whalley Computer Associates Whalley Precision, Inc. Whalley Range High School Whalley, Edward Whally wham wham wham wham bam thank you ma'am Wham! Wham, Bam, Thank You Ma'am WHAMC Whame WHAMM whammed Whammel whammies whamming whammo whammy Whammy bar Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck WHAMO Whampoa Whampoa Academy Whampoa Clique Whampoa Military Academy Whampoa, Treaty of 1844 whams whams Whamy bar WHAN WHAN WHANAP whanau WHANCO whang Whanganui Disability Resources Centre Whanganui District Health Board Whanganui Regional Primary Health Organisation Whangarei Whangarei Whangarei (town) Whangarei (town) Whangarei, New Zealand Whangarei, New Zealand Whangarei, New Zealand Whangarei, New Zealand - Whangarei Whangdoodle whanged

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