awful cheek

Frequency: 5.03.5 per million words

Extreme and shocking rudeness or audacity.

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Examples (10)

  • It's an awful cheek, the way he keeps asking you to lend him money.
  • She had the awful cheek to ask for a promotion after only working here for a month.
  • What an awful cheek! He just cut in line right in front of everyone.
  • I think it's an awful cheek for them to charge extra for water in the restaurant.
  • He told me it was my fault, which I thought was an awful cheek considering he was the one who was late.
  • The company has the awful cheek to call its customers 'family' while constantly raising prices.
  • Honestly, the awful cheek of some people is just unbelievable sometimes.
  • Turning up uninvited to the party was an awful cheek, don't you think?
  • Can you believe the awful cheek he had, blaming you for his own mistake?
  • After everything you've done for him, his complaint is just awful cheek.