Significados de break the blow em inglês

He was considering how he could possibly break the blow to his wife.

Stuart hurried to her side and tried to break the blow with cheerful words.

Yes; Mr. Kingdon left me one day without a warning word to break the blow.

His thoughtful Big Brother came in person to tell him and break the blow with new ambitions and new hopes.

It breaks the blow by meeting it half-way, and so on.

My helmet broke the blow, and I was stunned rather than injured, I think.

Bang came Harrison's right upon the mark once more, but Crab broke the blow with his elbow, and jumped laughing away.

Hat and wig broke the blow somewhat; but the little man dropped with a moan and lay quite still in the road.

However, the two incidents together had the effect of taking up my attention and breaking the blow which I had had in the Cullingworth letter.

"Justice shall strike and Mercy shall not hold her hands: she shall strike sore strokes, and Pity shall not break the blow."