slap in the face

English edit

slap in the face (plural slaps in the face)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slap,‎ in,‎ the,‎ face. (This sense is a translation hub.)
(figuratively) Something unexpectedly said or done which causes shock or offense; an insult, rebuke, or rebuff.
Synonym: kick in the teeth

That Joan's ex-boyfriend turned up to the school dance with Mary was a slap in the face for Joan, and now the girls are no longer best friends.

slap in the face or on the cheek

Armenian: (dialectal) սիլլա (hy) (silla), ապտակ (hy) (aptak), չափալախ (hy) (čʿapʿalax)
Catalan: cleca f
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: lussing (da) c
Dutch: muilpeer (nl), oorvijg (nl)
Finnish: isku kasvoihin
French: soufflet (fr) m, gifle (fr) f, claque (fr) f
Friulian: patàf
German: Ohrfeige (de) f, Backpfeife (de) f, Watsche (de) f (Bavaria, Austria), Maulschelle (de) f (old-fashioned)
Alemannic German: Flättere f, Schwinte f, Oorfiige f, Muulschälle f, Watsch m
Hungarian: pofon (hu), (colloquial) saller (hu), arculcsapás (hu)
Italian: schiaffo (it) m, sganascione m, sberla (it) f, ceffone (it) m
Kapampangan: tampal king lupa
Ladino: chaketon
Macedonian: шлака́ница f (šlakánica)
Ngazidja Comorian: mbeye class 9/10
Norman: cliamuse f, cliaque f
Persian: سیلی (fa) (sili)
Polish: policzek (pl) m, liść (pl) m (slang)
Portuguese: tapa na cara m, tapa no rosto m
Russian: пощёчина (ru) f (poščóčina), лещ (ru) m (lešč), оплеу́ха (ru) f (opleúxa)
Serbo-Croatian: šàmar (sh) m
Spanish: (Latin America) cachetada (es) f, bofetada (es) f, (Spain) torta (es) f, soplamocos, mojicón (es) m (colloquial), pasagonzalo (es) m (rare)
Swedish: örfil (sv) c
Tagalog: sampal sa mukha (literally)
Turkish: sille (tr)

something unexpectedly said or done which causes shock or offense