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Hasibul Alam Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

What is the meaning of bit of blow?

I thought of it as a bit of a blow for women's rights, I think: a rebellion against the patriarchy

  

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Literally, a blow means a hit . Figuratively, it means a problem. a bit of something is slang meaning a small amount of something eg Your phone call yesterday was a bit of a surprise.

— Clive

  • Literally, a blow means a hit .
  • Figuratively, it means a problem.
  • a bit of something is slang meaning a small amount of something eg Your phone call yesterday was a bit of a surprise.
  • I thought you we going to call me next week.
  • I thought of it as a bit of a blow for women's rights, This sounds like you mean it was a small problem for women's rights, but actully a native speaker would usually see this as an ironic statement, meaning I thought of it as a major blow for women's rights, I thought of it as a big problem for women's rights, Clive
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Literally, a blow means a hit. Figuratively, it means a problem.


a bit of something is slang meaning a small amount of something

eg Your phone call yesterday was a bit of a surprise. I thought you we going to call me next week.

I thought of it as a bit of a blow for women's rights, This sounds like you me

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It is not "a bit of blow", it is a bit of "a" blow.

The rebellion was something of (a bit of) a punch in the face (a blow) for the enemies of women's rights. It caused slight but not negligible damage to the patriarchy.

I can't say I like what the writer did there. It actually sounds the other way around from what she meant, that it was women's rights that took the blow, and that i

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