break the back of (something)
сломить, уничтожить, погубить, сломить сопротивление
One mistake may break the back of the whole enterprise.
Другие идиомы:
- break (something) to (someone)
- get (someone's) back up
- break (someone's) fall
- back to square one
- give (someone) the shirt off one's back
- back to the drawing board
- turn one's back on (someone or something)
- break loose (from someone or something)
- break the law
- break up (with someone)
- break even
- back down
- break a habit
- put one's back into (something)
- break into tears