to spit in someone's face
- idiom
- Offensive
:
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- You take bread out of that man's mouth... ...and spit in his face.
Examples
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At least when I spit in his mom's face, his mom actually had...
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You saw him spit in my face!
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- I know this, but he spit in my face.
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No, you did not spit in Midas's face!
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All I want you to do is to step up and spit in this cracker's face.
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Did he just spit his juice in Midas's face?
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Boy, you step up and spit in this cracker's face, or I'll take a lot more out of him.
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You tell that ginger whore that I gave her a chance to walk away... and she spat in my face.
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Because there's no marks, and I think spitting in someone's face is probably the most degrading thing that you could do to somebody.
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He showed his contempt by choosing to spit in my face during the argument.
Synonyms
543
2.1
To say or do something rude to someone
99
6.3
To say words quickly and angrily to show strong dislike
95
4.2
To say rude or insulting words to someone to hurt them
62
8.4
To speak rudely to someone to show no respect, often in public
39
5.6
Smile or speak to show you do not respect someone
28
8.3
To speak rudely and loudly to a person in charge
14
6.2
To laugh at someone and shout rude words to show you do not respect them
8
9.2
To show open disrespect by refusing to follow rules or customs
8
8.4
Talk back to someone in a rude way
5
7.1
To insult someone openly or show no respect
3
7.5
To show you think something is not good enough
1
8.9
Talk back rudely to someone in charge
To spit forcefully in a rude way
Saying things that make fun of someone to upset them
Say angry, cruel things about someone
Say very angry, hurtful things to someone to hurt them
To speak to someone in a sudden angry way without good reason
How Contemptuous
- Offensive
414
6.1
- Offensive
- Offensive
313
1.3
7
6.3
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning of showing contempt is directly derived from the literal action of 'spit' + 'in' + 'someone's' + 'face' — the physical act clearly conveys insult or humiliation. This gesture and its figurative extension are cross-linguistically common and thus predictable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Spit in someone's face comes from a clear, insulting picture: someone actually spits on another person's face, leaving them wet and ashamed. So the phrase now means 'to show strong disrespect or to insult someone on purpose'.