It's just a real slap in the face to us.

It was a real slap in the face to baseball, a bad move by the community.

Some attorneys general, working that day on enforcement mechanisms, "saw this as a real slap in the face," one official said.

The doctor had told him he had high blood pressure, a real slap in the face.

They took it as a real slap in the face, like, 'Who are you to tell me I can't do this?

And I think I got a real slap in the face at how hard it was.

Not to join is a real slap at voters.

Fear swiped him around the face, and it was as effective as a real slap.

"This is a real slap in the face for them," a diplomat said.