"a kick in the teeth" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 沉重打击
• 严重打击

Definition

让人感到非常失望或不公平的打击；让你情感上受伤或让事情意外变糟的事情。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

这是一个非正式表达，用于形容强烈的情感打击，或意想不到的不公平。常用于口语或非正式文本，不适合正式场合。

Examples

Losing the job was a kick in the teeth for him.

失去工作对他来说是**沉重打击**。

Not being invited was a kick in the teeth.

没被邀请真是**沉重打击**。

It felt like a kick in the teeth when my friend forgot my birthday.

朋友忘记我生日让我觉得是**沉重打击**。

After working late all week, getting no thanks was a kick in the teeth.

整周加班却没人感谢，真是**严重打击**。

Hearing about the promotion going to someone else was a real kick in the teeth.

得知升职给了别人，真是**沉重打击**。

Being told to re-do the whole project was such a kick in the teeth.

被告知要重做整个项目，真是**严重打击**。