teeth in the mouth
teeth in the back
the dentin in teeth
teeth in the bathroom
kick in the ass
in contact with the teeth
Better than a kick in the teeth Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
Better than a kick in the teeth
If something is better than a kick in the teeth, it isn't very good, but it is better than nothing.better than a kick in the teeth
cliché Not especially desirable, beneficial, or worthy of excitement, but still better than nothing; it could be worse. I mean, it was nice of him, but what will I do with a bowling ball? Oh well, better than a kick in the teeth, I suppose! A: "Twenty long years of service, and all they're giving me is this cheap watch!" B: "Still, it's better than a kick in the teeth!" They're offering us $1,000 per person for the settlement. It's not much, but I guess it's better than a kick in the teeth.Learn more: better, kick, teethFrom Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishkick somebody in the teethkick somebody in the teeth [also kick somebody in the stomach/pants American English] informal to disappoint someone or treat them badly at a time when they need help We all have times when life kicks us in the teeth. → kickExamples from the Corpuskick somebody in the teeth• Graham sitting there waiting for me to kick him in the teeth.• If he had come begging and pleading, I would have laughed at him and kicked him in the teeth.• I couldn't kick him in the teeth after three years of good work and live with myself.
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"Kick in the teeth" = cú đá vào răng -> nghĩa là điều thất vọng hoặc thất bại đáng xấu hổ.
Ví dụ
Just last week I wrote to the Secretary of State to tell him that reappointing [phục chức] Judith Thompson would be preposterous [vô lý hết sức] and a calculated kick in the teeth for innocent victims. Sadly he has decided to deliver that kick in the full knowledge of the hurt and offence it will cause.
The biggest horror of this latest kick in the teeth to the oil industry, this gazillionth suspension and delay, is that the government of our Canada didn’t even so much as show up to watch the proceedings. It didn’t intervene [can thiệp]. It didn’t submit arguments. It wasn’t even there as a casual bystander [người ngoài cuộc].
The Blues were beaten in controversial circumstances [tình huống gây tranh cãi] in the North East on Saturday as Spennymoor Town took advantage of the referee's decision to hand Danny Livesey a bizarre [kì quái] second yellow card, the Moors winning the game at the very death. It was a kick in the teeth for the Blues and one that they felt was unjust, the 2-1 loss their first reverse of what has been up to now a very strong start to the season.
Ngọc Lân
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Nhỏ mà có võ. Photo by Eddie Kopp
"Kick [one] in the teeth" = Cắn ai -> Một sự thất vọng hoặc thất bại đầy nhục nhã và đáng chỉ trích đối với ai; chỉ trích, lăng mạ và sỉ nhục ai.
Ví dụ
An asshole than DJT this country has presented you with a huge opportunity and you turn around and kick her in the teeth You disgust [ghê tởm] me.
I also have had several moments when I felt like I made myself vulnerable [tổn thương] to her only to have her metaphorically [ẩn dụ] kick me in the teeth for it.
“They stab me in the back [đâm sau lưng], kick me in the teeth multiple times, and now it’s ‘pay me,’” she said. “Talk about bullies [sự bắt nạt]. There’s something in the paint of the walls on Greenwood Avenue.”
Bin Kuan
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