hard hit, be
Be adversely affected or be severely stricken, as in The walk-in clinics were hard hit by the new insurance laws. This idiom must be differentiated from the similar-sounding adjective hard-hitting, alluding to strenuous exertion, as in They were a hard-hitting team. [Second half of 1800s]
Words nearby hard hit, be
hard fern,
hard goods,
hard ground,
hard hat,
hard head,
hard hit, be,
hard hitter,
hard knocks,
hard labor,
hard labour,
hard landing