throw something in someone's face

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To reject some act in a spiteful manner.
    — I tried to make up after the argument, but he just threw it in my face and stormed off.
  2. To repay an act of kindness with disappointment or betrayal.
    — I supported you for months, and you've just thrown all that in my face by losing your job.
  3. To lord over someone by exerting dominance, following a successful confrontation; sometimes in a subtle or snide manner.
    — Bringing the kids along was clearly just an excuse to throw it in my face after the divorce.
  4. To raise a past transgression in order to admonish someone.
    — She always throws that time I cheated in my face when we argue. It was ten years ago!
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, something, in, someone, face.

词形变化

throws something in someone's face present,singular,third-person throwing something in someone's face participle,present threw something in someone's face past thrown something in someone's face participle,past

词源

The figurative act of throwing a gift (senses 1 and 2), prize (sense 3) or merely an object (sense 4) in someone's face.
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