kick in the teeth
Example Sentences
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The way they were treated was a "massive kick in the teeth" and it had caused widespread anger, she said.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
"I think we've had enough trauma without there being a hold put on it. It's just a kick in the teeth."
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026
It’s a kick in the teeth for Rigetti, but quantum’s most stringent supporters on Wall Street are unmoved.
From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026
Abbie's grandad, John Draper, died in 2015, which she described as "a kick in the teeth".
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
For me, growing up as a human being on the planet Earth in the twenty-first century was a real kick in the teeth.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
