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Slap in the face

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Something unexpectedly said or done which causes shock or offense; an insult, rebuke, or rebuff. figuratively

    "That Joan's ex-boyfriend turned up to the school dance with Mary was a slap in the face for Joan, and now the girls are no longer best friends."

  2. 2
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slap, in, the, face. (This sense is a translation hub.)
Verb
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    To be or suddenly become bluntly obvious to.

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