fly in the teeth of イディオム

fly in the teeth of

Idiom(s): fly in the face of someone or something AND fly in the teeth of someone or something

Theme: CHALLENGE

to disregard, defy, or show disrespect for someone or something.
• John loves to fly in the face of tradition.
• Ann made it a practice to fly in the face of standard procedures.
• John finds great pleasure in flying in the teeth of his father.

fly in the teeth of (something)

To be or act in bright battle with or action to article else. I can't accept you said article so awful. It flies in the teeth of aggregate we angle for! They appetite to change the absolute administration of the project, absolutely aerial in the teeth of all the adamantine assignment we've done so far. Her arguable new approach flies in the face of aggregate we apperceive about breakthrough mechanics.Learn more: fly, of, teeth

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from this day forward from near and far frighten the living daylights out of for whatever it's worth for starters follow in one's footsteps fly in the teeth of flip one's lid fling oneself at find sth out the hard way feed sb a line fly a kite fly a/your kite fly across fly across (something) fly apart fly around fly at fly at (someone or something) fly away fly beneath (the/someone's) radar fly blind fly by fly by the seat of (one's) pants fly by the seat of your pants fly from fly from (someone or something) fly from (someone or something) to (some place) fly high fly in fly in the face of fly in the face of (something) fly in the face of something fly in the face of sth fly in the face of, to fly in the ointment fly in the teeth of fly in the teeth of (something) fly into fly into (someone or something) fly into a rage fly into a rage, temper, etc. fly into a temper fly into the face of danger fly kites fly light fly low fly mink fly off fly off at a tangent fly off the handle fly off the handle, to fly off with fly off with (someone or something) fly on the wall fly out fly out of fly out of (some place) fly out of the traps fly over fly over (someone or something) fly past

fly in the teeth of イディオム