slap in the face

“Lowering the amount we can raise rent is a slap in the face. They are favoring one side of the aisle more than the other.”

The decision was a "slap in the face to the people of Epping", said shadow interior minister Chris Philp.

“It’s another slap in the face,” said Zaire Calvin, a lifelong West Altadena resident who lost his sister, his home and his neighborhood in the fire.

I see it as a slap in the face.

But when another emergency shows up at Linda’s doorstep and she tries to enter her therapist’s office mid-session, catching a glimpse of a pair of shoes on his couch, this realization that Linda is just one of many patients hits her like a slap in the face.