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| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | be hard hit | болезненно воспринимать (by something Liv Bliss) |
| gen. | be hard hit | сильно пострадать (be hard hit/hit hard/ phrase. to be very badly affected by something. Small firms in particular were hard hit by the recession. MED Alexander Demidov) |
| econ. | be hit hard | жестоко пострадать (A.Rezvov) |
| gen. | be hit hard | сильно пострадать (The investor was hit hard by the falling stock prices. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 Alexander Demidov) |
| idiom. | be hit hard with the ugly stick | быть страшнее атомной войны (Andrey Truhachev) |