Be hard hit (by something) negative verb phrase
To be severely affected by something or to undergo financial losses.
Japan was hit hard by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake in 2011.
Coastal communities were hit hard by the tsunami this year.
Most businesses were hit hard by the outbreak of the Covid 19.
The company is hit hard by the recent economic downturn and is on the verge of going bankrupt.
Used when you talk about one's feelings of sadness or pain, especially because of lost love or one-sided love
To suffer massive losses in the process of doing something
To affect someone to an extreme degree
Used to say that someone was badly and deeply hurt or affected by imprisonment or ill-treatment
Used to say one who finds something can keep it and does not need to give it back to the person who has lost it