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a kick in the teeth
Meaning: If you get a kick in the teeth, something bad happens to you or you feel that you've been treated poorly.
For example:
- I'd just lost my job, so hearing that I had to move out of my apartment as well was a real kick in the teeth.
- Gerry said that being told to get out of his apartment was a kick in the teeth after spending so much on doing it up.
Quick Quiz:
Hasan said it was a real kick in the teeth when he
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