kick in the balls

plural kicks in the balls

1. slangvulgarA great setback or disappointment.

   Jan 23 2009, Wokingham Times - Local Rugby Round-Up "Losing to Wallingford was a kick in the balls for us so we know we can't take any team lightly", said player/coach and lock Ben Hughes

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   This was a real kick in the balls to us because Afghanistan was going on, September 11 had just happened, and we were away from our families.

   2008, Thomas W. Young, The Speed of Heat: An Airlift Wing at War in Iraq and Afghanistan

   April 16 2010, Scottish Daily Record - If you laugh at people for having a go on reality shows then you're an idiot, blasts Barry Hyde of The Futureheads "It's still a kick in the balls whether you've made the label drop you or they reject you."

   Synonyms: smack in the face