slap forehead
Frequency: 5.94.5 per million words
to hit the forehead with an open hand, a dramatic gesture of forgetting something obvious
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- He groaned and slapped his forehead, as if suddenly remembering something obvious.
- I slapped my forehead the moment I realized I’d emailed the wrong file.
- She slaps her forehead whenever she forgets her keys—every single time.
- They were slapping their foreheads in disbelief at the rookie mistake.
- He slapped his forehead and laughed at how obvious the solution was.
- “Of course!” she cried, slapping her forehead as the answer finally clicked.
- Don’t slap your forehead in the meeting—just explain the oversight calmly.
- I could slap my forehead for not backing up the project before the update.
- If you forget the password again, you’ll slap your forehead the second IT asks.
- He had to slap his forehead twice before he remembered where he parked.