upside the head
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Music led him to culturally cross over, but the conflict within his racial identity was established after Gran Mimi slapped him upside the head and told him “You are not Creole!”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024
“It’s cumulative — it’s got to hit you upside the head more than once before you conclude that there’s just no point in doing this.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2022
Or maybe a boomerang, one that doesn’t slide gently back into your waiting grasp so much as smack you upside the head, leaving you feeling bruised, confused, and possibly stricken with amnesia.
From Slate • Dec. 28, 2020
But remember, blowhard uncles don’t like to admit mistakes, so don’t hit them upside the head with dogma — just gently point them in the right direction.
From Salon • Nov. 28, 2019
He lets out a laugh, and I automatically duck, thinking that mischievous glint in his eyes means he’s going to whack me upside the head.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
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