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a kick in the teeth
a kick in the teeth
if you describe the way someone treats you as a kick in the teeth, you mean that they treat you badly and unfairly, especially at a time when you need their support She was refused promotion which was a real kick in the teeth after all the extra work she'd done.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Thorstein | | - | Norwegian |
| Gergely | | GER-gay | Hungarian |
| Neptune | | NEP-toon (English), NEP-tyoon (English), NEP-choon (English) | Roman Mythology (Anglicized) |
| Luther | | LOO-thər | English |
| Tony | | ['təuni] | |
| Ahmad | | - | Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Indonesian, Malay |