二に重じゅう苦く

noun

double hardship; double whammy

Refers to suffering two hardships or misfortunes at the same time. Often used in contexts like illness plus financial trouble, or two simultaneous difficulties.

• 失しつ業ぎょうと病びょう気きの二に重じゅう苦くに苦くるしんでいる。

  He is suffering from the double hardship of unemployment and illness.

• 増ぞう税ぜいと物ぶっ価か高だかは国こく民みんにとって二に重じゅう苦くだ。

  Tax hikes and rising prices are a double whammy for the public.