Meaning of throw something in someone's face | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To reject some act in a spiteful manner.
2. To repay an act of kindness with disappointment or betrayal.
3. To lord over someone by exerting dominance, following a successful confrontation; sometimes in a subtle or snide manner.
4. To raise a past transgression in order to admonish someone.
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, something, in, someone, face.

Examples

“I tried to make up after the argument, but he just threw it in my face and stormed off.”

“I supported you for months, and you've just thrown all that in my face by losing your job.”

“Bringing the kids along was clearly just an excuse to throw it in my face after the divorce.”

“M: In the long run is your annoyance at critics for dismissing these movies because they are gay outweighed by your glee in proving them wrong later on? G: I don't know. It is sort of nice to be able to throw it in their face. But whatever personal pleasure I get in doing that doesn't make up for the fact that some very interesting and important movies never get an audience and are never taken seriously.”

“She always throws that time I cheated in my face when we argue. It was ten years ago!”

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