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idiombe (like) a slap in the faceused in order to say that a decision or action is very disappointing or insulting to a group of people, and does not show respect for their feelings or opinions:For generations now the attention and praise given to General Custer has been like a slap in the face to Native Americans.The government's refusal to increase the Arts Council's budget was a cruel slap in the face to an arts world that has done much to adapt to the changing economy of the nineties.
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