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Definition of Fly in the face of
1. Verb. Go against. "This action flies in the face of the agreement"
Definition of Fly in the face of
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To act in a manner highly contrary to; to counteract or contradict. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fly In The Face Of
Literary usage of Fly in the face of
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Fly In the, Face of Danger (Щ. (To). To act rashly, and throw away good opportunities
... Fly In the Face of Providence Fly Open (To). To open suddenly, as, ..."
2. Burke, Select Works by Edmund Burke (1881)
"fly in the face of all magistracy, to fire churches, to massacre the priests of
other descriptions, to pull down altars, and to make their way over the ..."
3. Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York by William H. Steele, Charles Elliott Fitch (1900)
"I do not believe that the mayor of any city will so fly in the face of public
opinion, of what is decent, of what he owes to himself, of what he owes to the ..."
4. Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero by William Makepeace Thackeray (1848)
"to marry a bankrupt, and fly in the face of duty and fortune ! What humiliation
and fury : what pangs of sickening rage, balked ambition and love ..."
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