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1·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。

2·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。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·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。