slap in the face
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isim
Something unexpectedly said or done which causes shock or offense; an insult, rebuke, or rebuff.
“That Joan's ex-boyfriend turned up to the school dance with Mary was a slap in the face for Joan, and the girls are no longer friends.”
- isim Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slap, in, the, face. (This sense is a translation hub.)
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fiil
To insult or offend unnecessarily.
“With the election of George Bush this country has apparently chosen an answer to the AIDS crisis consisting of the most reactionary social principles. Adding insult to injury, it is a response which makes a show of slapping all marginalized groups in the face.”
- fiil To be or suddenly become bluntly obvious to.
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