fly in the face of

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to oppose or be the opposite of sth that is usual or expected

   ...it flies in the face of everything I believe.

   What you're doing flies in the face of everything that your mother taught us when we were children.

In the movies · 3

• ...it flies in the face of everything I believe.Orphan2009
• What you're doing flies in the face of everything that your mother taught us when we were children.Aquaman2018
• And this treaty flies in the face of it.The Wind That Shakes the Barley2006

From the same entry

• fly the coop
• fly high
• fly into a rage, temper
• fly a kite
• fly the nest
• fly off the handle
• go flying
• let fly
• the bird has flown
• as the crow flies
• fly the flag
• keep the flag flying

More idioms

• get under skin
• have eyes in the back of your head
• have your feet on the ground
• have your work cut out
• i beg to differ
• it is just as well
• keep quiet about
• keep your options open
• kill time
• lay a finger on
• lose your cool
• not far off