No one goes through life without getting just kicked in the teeth from time to time.
And founded in the teeth of opposition from the Tory party and the Tory press.
Peregrine Fellowes married her "in the teeth of his family's opposition, " Fellowes fils says.
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Both Britain and France abolished the death penalty in the teeth of strong popular opposition.
Meanwhile, Japan is scaling back its foreign aid programme in the teeth of a domestic recession.
He said council tax rises were a "kick in the teeth for hard-working, decent taxpayers".
Yet when he pushed through the necessary legislation, it was in the teeth of fierce Social Democratic opposition.
These schools are often coming from areas that have been kicked in the teeth enough economically or otherwise.
Others described it as a "step backwards", "the wrong decision", "a shocking decision" and a "kick in the teeth".
Mr Bush supported immigration reform in the teeth of opposition from congressional Republicans.
All this was done despite sharp short-term economic shocks and in the teeth of immense resistance, particularly from trade unions.
They are equally convinced it won't stop the bombers, who are proving remarkably resilient in the teeth of Israel's repression.
Yet, if talking about Korea is awkward now, it will be even more fraught in the teeth of a crisis.
Inspectors have since uncovered much information and destroyed quantities of materials and arms but all in the teeth of Iraqi obstruction.
Big video-rental chains have been kicking small shops in the teeth for years--which makes Christine Kim's feat all the more impressive.
Mr Abbas only reluctantly agreed in the teeth of opposition from many in the Palestinian leadership (though not, apparently, Mr Arafat).
The suicide bombings, in particular, have weakened Palestinian calls for international intervention in the teeth of Israel's reconquest of the West Bank.
Another project being carried out at the lab is looking at the signals of juvenile development left in the teeth of fossil hominids.
"In the teeth of bitter hostility, she saved Britain from ruin at the hands of union wreckers and transformed the economy, " it says.
Last year's general election was widely, if inaccurately, seen as a kick in the teeth for liberalising reforms from the poor rural majority.
And in the teeth of the biggest contraction the TV industry has ever seen, the cast is being handed what amounts to a gift.
They were about raising interest rates to double figures to confront inflation, and raising taxes, in the teeth of high and rising unemployment, in 1981.
Breezy Point in Queens was the scene of horrific destruction by fire in the teeth of the storm, with as many as 100 homes destroyed.
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Flying in the teeth of an unprecedented slump in commercial aircraft and strict budgetarians at the Pentagon, this Cedar Rapids, Iowa company hasn't missed a beat.
With a Republican legislature, Mr Bush instead made Florida the only state to adopt an entire bundle of reforms simultaneously, in the teeth of the teachers' unions.
They are in any case sceptical that Spain can meet its targets for cutting the deficit in the teeth of a recession that is harsher than expected.
Lord Jones, a former CBI chief and trade minister in Gordon Brown's government, said Mr Miliband's speech had been "divisive and a kick in the teeth" for business.
The new prime minister's mandate soon became clear: reassert Russia's right, and capacity, to use brute force within its own borders, even in the teeth of western objections.
The decision to allow the wind farm works to proceed caused political concern last year, with Tory MSP Alex Fergusson calling it a "kick in the teeth" for democracy.
The independent Cornwall councillor for Porthleven and Helston South, Andrew Wallis, said BIH's decision was a "kick in the teeth" for the communities of the islands and west Cornwall.
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