Mary worked hard to clean up John's room, but all she got for her trouble was a kick in the teeth.

玛丽辛辛苦苦把约翰的房间打扫干净，不料她所得到的却是一番侮辱。

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We've been struggling for years and it's a real kick in the teeth to see a new band make it ahead of us.

我们一直奋斗了很多年，看到一个新乐队在我们之前成功，这对我们是个重大打击。

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This grim kick in the teeth is the brunt of “A Widow’s Story”, Ms Oates’s raw account of the months after her husband died three years ago.

《一个寡妇的故事》是奥茨对三年前她丈夫去世后头几个月[color=#0000ff]真情实感的叙述，其主题就是这始料未及的厄运。

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Last year's general election was widely, if inaccurately, seen as a kick in the teeth for liberalising reforms from the poor rural majority.

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Lord Jones, a former CBI chief and trade minister in Gordon Brown's government, said Mr Miliband's speech had been "divisive and a kick in the teeth" for business.

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The Orange Grand Master, Robert Saulters, said he believes the commission is biased against Protestants: "Last year we did it the quiet way and what thanks did we get for it, we got no thanks at all, this is what we're getting for it, a kick in the teeth", he said.

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