If things go wrong there are no mechanisms to soften the blow.
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cushion the blow — Ⅰ. cushion the blow ► to make a bad situation less severe: »Earnings expectations are worsening, but interest rates are not expected to fall to cushion the blow. Main Entry: ↑cushion Ⅱ. soften/cushion the blow ► to make the bad effects of… … Financial and business terms
cushion the blow — cushion/soften the blow to make a difficult experience less unpleasant. Free street parking is to be abolished, but residents are being offered reduced price parking permits in an attempt to cushion the blow … New idioms dictionary
soften the blow — soften the blow/impact/effect/ phrase to make something unpleasant seem less severe He tried to soften the blow by telling her himself. Thesaurus: to reduce, or to remove the bad effects of somethingsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
soften the blow — soften/cushion the blow ► to make the bad effects of something seem to be not as bad as they could have been: »If things go wrong there are no mechanisms to soften the blow. Main Entry: ↑blow … Financial and business terms
soften the blow — cushion/soften the blow to make a difficult experience less unpleasant. Free street parking is to be abolished, but residents are being offered reduced price parking permits in an attempt to cushion the blow … New idioms dictionary
soften the blow — 1. to make something unpleasant easier to accept. Although tuition rates are going up, more scholarships will be available to soften the blow. Not only were they losing their jobs, but they could not count on any financial cushion to soften the… … New idioms dictionary
blow — [bləʊ ǁ bloʊ] verb blew PASTTENSE [bluː] blown PASTPART [bləʊn ǁ bloʊn] [transitive] 1. informal if you blow money on something, you spend a lot of money on it, often money that you cannot afford: • He blew his wages on a new stereo … Financial and business terms
blow — blow1 W3S2 [bləu US blou] v past tense blew [blu:] past participle blown [ US bloun] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(wind moving)¦ 2¦(wind moving something)¦ 3¦(air from your mouth)¦ 4¦(make a noise)¦ 5¦(violence)¦ 6¦(lose an opportunity)¦ 7¦(waste money)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
blow up phrasal — verb 1 (I, T) to destroy something, or to be destroyed, by an explosion: The plane blew up in midair. (blow sth up): Rebels attempted to blow up the bridge. 2 (transitive blow something up) to fill something with air or gas: Stop at the gas… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
cushion — cushionless, adj. cushionlike, adj. /koosh euhn/, n. 1. a soft bag of cloth, leather, or rubber, filled with feathers, air, foam rubber, etc., on which to sit, kneel, or lie. 2. anything similar in form, used to dampen shocks or to prevent… … Universalium
