slap in the face
Noun
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Noun
slap in the face
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see slap, in, the, face
- (figuratively, idiomatic) 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 now the girls are no longer best friends.
- French: soufflet, gifle, claque
- German: Ohrfeige, Backpfeife
- Italian: schiaffo, sganascione, sberla, ceffone
- Portuguese: tapa na cara, tapa no rosto
- Russian: пощёчина
- Spanish: (Latin America) cachetada, bofetada, (Spain) torta, soplamocos, mojicón (colloquial), pasagonzalo (rare)
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