stumbling block

See also: stumblingblock and stumbling-block

English

Probably originally from Romans 14:13 or 1 Corinthians 8:9 in the King James Version of the Bible, translating Koine Greek πρόσκομμα (próskomma):

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Romans 14:13:
Let vs not therefore iudge one another any more: but iudge this rather, that no man put a stumbling blocke, or an occasion to fall in his brothers way.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Corinthians 8:9:
But take heed lest by any meanes, this libertie of yours become a stumbling blocke to them that are weake.

stumbling block (plural stumbling blocks)

(idiomatic) A hindrance, obstacle or impediment.
Idioms are a common stumbling block for learners of a language.

hindrance

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