She slapped his face.
She slapped him across the face.
His friends slapped him on the back when he said he was getting married .
She shouted and slapped my face. (First Certificate in English; B2; German)
After all that hard work, losing my job was a real slap in the face.
My father noticed that and decided it was high time to take me down a peg or two. He used to work as a volunteer in [a] hospital for children dying for cancer. One day, he took me there. It was like a slap in the face - suddenly I saw a different world. It was a bleak world, without smiles and happy faces. (Certificate of Proficiency in English; C2; Polish)
She slapped her knee and laughed.
Of course there will be moments where you have to mark out a border to the child by a firm grip on his arm or a slap on his bottom, but it shouldn't have to happen very often. (Certificate of Proficiency in English; C2; Swedish)
