slap in the face
Example Sentences
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"It was a big slap in the face when the tariffs were announced," said Tomi Mäkelä, general manager of Thailand's Lanna Clothing, a garment exporter.
From BBC
“What happened to you was not miraculous,” he tells her, and the contention is to her tantamount to a slap in the face.
"What a slap in the face. That's a slap in the face," she added.
From Barron's
From the Harbour View Hotel, in County Antrim, whose manager cast doubt on its ability to manage, to Canavan's bar and restaurant in County Tyrone, who described it as a slap in the face, the disappointment has been widespread.
From BBC
He said his father "finally agreed" to meet him but on the condition that Nicola was not present, which Brooklyn called a "slap in the face", adding that his family then refused to see him on a subsequent trip to Los Angeles.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
