Tuesday, 2 August 2016

Verbal Idioms - Bear The (Full) Brunt Of



Meaning – suffer the main consequence of something unpleasant.

Ø     Small companies are feeling/bearing the (full) brunt of the economic  slowdown.

Ø     As James is the biggest shareholder in the company, he’ll have to bear  the (full) brunt of the loss.

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