a slap in the face

But what a slap in the face the city gave everyone.

"The only thing they understand is a slap in the face."

It was like a slap in the face to him.

"I think its a slap in the face to black people who live here," she said.

"It really was a slap in the face for those of us who spent the time and made the effort to get an education."

The decision was a slap in the face for the artist.

From anyone else, such a statement would have been a slap in the face.

The approval hit them like a slap in the face.

But the news came as a slap in the face to many workers and managers here.

To some of the Florida players, it seems like a slap in the face.

Whatever she said to Jerry had the effect of a slap in the face.

But not thinking about it had gotten her a slap in the face.

China's decision is more than a slap in the face to the banks.

"We believe this is a slap in the face of our constitutional rights."

This would be a slap in the face of Haiti.

I think it's a slap in the face for our whole athletic program.

This usually ends with him getting a slap in the face.

Definitely a slap in the face to the security firm involved.

But then like a slap in the face he realized their danger.

A slap in the face couldn't have been more to the point.

His words, though gentle, were like a slap in the face.

To play without him is like a slap in the face for me."

"It was a slap in the face," Green said of the pay cut.

Seven years and what you give me is a slap in the face."

It felt like a slap in the face, as if he knew she'd be reading into the drawing he'd made.