What Does “a slap in the face” mean?
Definition:
If you describe something as a slap in the face, you mean that you feel it as an insult or a rejection.
The origin of the idiom
Literally, a slap in the face would offend and embarrass the one who was subject to it. Figuratively, the same thing would happen for an insult or a rejection especially when they come as a surprise.
Example(s)
His criticism was a slap in the face for her.
I feel like the cheating was such a slap in the face.
“They could have done a lot of things, but no, what we got from this government was a slap in the face.”
“This is a huge slap in the face for those who do not believe in democracy.”
“When the announcement was made, it was a great slap in the face for farmers to find out that agriculture is no longer important in today’s society.”
This idiom is in the parts of the body category.