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stumbling block

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stum·bling block (stmblng)
n.
An obstacle or impediment.

stumbling block
n
any impediment or obstacle
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Noun1.stumbling block - any obstacle or impediment
obstacle - an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)

stumbling block
noun obstacle, difficulty, problem, bar, barrier, hurdle, hazard, snag, uphill (S. African), obstruction, impediment, hindrance Perhaps the major stumbling block is the military presence.
Translations
stumbling block [ˈstʌmblɪŋblɒk] N (fig) → tropiezo m, escollo m
stumbling block
n (fig)Hürde f, → Hindernis nt, → Problem nt; to be a stumbling block to somethingeiner Sache (dat)im Weg stehen
stumbling block [ˈstʌmblɪŋˌblɒk] nostacolo, scoglio
stumbling block [ˈstʌmblɪŋˌblɒk] nostacolo, scoglio


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That would be very romantic, but one would have to be very good to be a missionary, and that would be a stumbling block.
Von Horn was really the only stumbling block in Bududreen's path.
That Mr Chester, between whom and Mr Haredale, it was notorious to all the neighbourhood, a deep and bitter animosity existed, should come down there for the sole purpose, as it seemed, of seeing him, and should choose the Maypole for their place of meeting, and should send to him express, were stumbling blocks John could not overcome.
 
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