| 释义 |
●kick sb in the ˈteeth (informal) treat sb badly or fail to give them help when they need it 粗暴地对待某人；背叛；抛弃◆The workers feel they’ve been kicked in the teeth by their employers. They have met all their orders this year but are still being made redundant.
工人们觉得雇主对待他们很残酷。他们今年完成了所有的订单，可是仍然遭到解雇。▸ a kick in the ˈteeth noun ◆I expected to get that job. It was a real kick in the teeth when I didn’t.
我本指望能获得那份工作，结果落空了，很受打击。 |