Slap in the face/ "to slap someone's face"/ to prove wrong/refute

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Slap in the face/ "to slap someone's face"/ to prove wrong/refute

Literally: hit him in the face. Figuratively: showed him his mistake; contradicted him; disappointed him.

(“As soon as he revived them, bones came and slapped that wicked man in the face. He said: What is the meaning of these? His companions told him: these are the ones who bring the dead to life” — Sanhedrin 92b. And likewise: “The first man began to strike his face and said: So this is the power of repentance, and I did not know it! Immediately Adam stood up and said, ‘A Psalm, a song for the Sabbath day’” — Yalkut Shimoni, Torah, Parashat Bereishit, remez 42. And likewise: “Yet the trouble was that when he came to weigh each one of the furnishings... harsh reality came and slapped him in the face” — H. Ba’er, A Place Where the Wind Goes, 194).

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

טָפַח עַל פָּנָיו

Definition (Hebrew)

הִיכָּה עַל פָּנָיו. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הֶרְאָה לוֹ אֶת טָעוּתוֹ. סָתַר אוֹתוֹ. אִכְזֵב אוֹתוֹ.

("כֵּיוָן שֶׁהֶחְיָה אוֹתָן, בָּאוּ עֲצָמוֹת וְטָפְחוּ לוֹ לְאוֹתוֹ רָשָׁע,שְׁחִיק טְמַיָּא, עַל פָּנָיו. אָמַר: מָה טִיבָן שֶׁל אֵלּוּ ?אָמְרוּ לוֹ חַבְרֵיהֶן שֶׁל אֵלּוּ מְחַיֶּה מֵתִים"- סַנְהֶדְרִין צָב ע"ב, וְכֵן:"הִתְחִיל אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן מְטַפֵּחַ עַל פָּנָיו וְאָמַר: כָּךְ הוּא כֹּחַ שֶׁל תְּשׁוּבָה וְלֹא הָיִיתִי יוֹדֵעַ, מִיָּד עָמַד אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן וְאָמַר 'מִזְמוֹר שִׁיר לְיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת'"- יַלְקוּט שִׁמְעוֹנִי תּוֹרָה פָּרָשַׁת בְּרֵאשִׁית רֶמֶז לַח, וְכֵן:"אַךְ דָּא עָקָא, שֶׁבְּשָׁעָה שֶׁבָּא לִשְׁקֹל כָּל אֶחָד מִן הֲתַרְחִישֵׁם...בָּאָה הַמְּצִיאוּת הָאַכְזָרִית וְטָפְחָה עַל פָּנָיו"- ח.בְּאֵר/ אֶל מָקוֹם שֶׁהָרוּחַ הוֹלֵךְ, 194)

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