- Meaning: major impact or force (in an attack), main burden
- Usage: bear the brunt
- Example: Villagers in New Territories North bear the brunt of the government's ban on private poutry.
- In Hong Kong slang: 食到應， 食曬野， 食硬
- In decent Chinese: 首當其衝
- Where we first met: Edinburgh Evening News - certain areas are expected to bear the brunt of the city's new restrictions on renewing liquor licences to shops.
Thursday, March 16, 2006
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