kick in the teeth | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)A humiliatinginsultor instance of bad treatment, especially when one is expecting friendship or in need of support; a sudden and unexpectedsetback; a strongrebuff.Synonym:slap in the face1996, Evelyn Shakir, “Arab-American Literature”, in Alpana Sharma Knippling, editor,New Immigrant Literatures in the United States: A Sourcebook to Our Multicultural Literary Heritage,page13:Thiskick in the teeth, brutal under any circumstances, is more so, given Matoussem Ramoud's gentle, trusting nature and his infatuation with America.1998, Annetta Louise Gomez-Jefferson,In Darkness with God: The Life of Joseph Gomez, a Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church,page331:King had remarked after the bill failed that a lot of people had lost faith in America; Roy Wilkins had said, “This defeat was akick in the teethto the civil rights effort.”2006, Kevin Leman,Sex Begins in the Kitchen: Creating Intimacy to Make Your Marriage Sizzle,page119:She had found her niche by being truant from school, giving people a bad time, and basically giving her parents' strict moral values a good, strongkick in the teeth.

Examples:

EN: I just want to thank you for the kick in the teeth.
ES: Sólo quiero agradecerte la patada en los dientes.
EN: But it's the truth. You think you're the only guy that ever got a kick in the teeth?
ES: ¿Crees que eres la única a quien la vida ha tratado mal?
EN: This evening has been quite a kick in the teeth to me, Mr. Conover.
ES: Esto ha sido como una patada en los dientes para mí, Sr. Conover.
EN: You know that was an awful kick in the teeth I got this afternoon.
ES: Esta tarde he recibido una fuerte impresión.
EN: You usually walk out and leave 'em with a kick in the teeth.
ES: Normalmente te largas y las dejas con una patada en la espinilla.
EN: People don't understand talk. A kick in the teeth.
ES: La gente no atiende a palabras.
EN: A pat on the head is more effective than a kick in the teeth.
ES: Una palmada en la cabeza es mejor que una patada.
EN: What a kick in the teeth.
ES: Que patada en los dientes.
EN: Probably show it in the usual manner, a kick in the teeth for Bertram.
ES: Probablemente lo demuestre del modo usual, una mala noticia para Bertram.
EN: - It beats a kick in the teeth.
ES: - Es un palo.
EN: Does he beat a kick in the teeth?
ES: ¿También es un palo?
EN: ( cop ) When you FBI boys find this son-of-a-bitch give him a swift kick in the teeth for me.
ES: ( cop ) Cuando ustedes, los de FBl, encuentren a este desgraciado, Agente Dees... denle un golpe en los dientes de parte mía.
EN: A kick in the teeth.
ES: Una patada en el culo.
EN: Yeah, ain't that a kick in the teeth?
ES: Vaya contratiempo, ¿no?
EN: It's not what you were expecting, but it's better than a kick in the teeth.
ES: No es lo que esperabas, pero es mejor que una patada en los dientes.

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