a kick in the teeth
This page is about the idiom 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
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