in the mouth

"We'll always be grateful for the contributions that he's made. That contribution has been wonderful, but the way that he's left has left a really sour taste in the mouth which will hang around long in the memory."

“A smack in the mouth,” Voelkel called that news.

"Who punched Tom Williams in the mouth, Tom Williams?" said former Bath and England fly-half Stuart Barnes as he commentated on Sky Sports.

"The first thing obviously is to look in the mouth," Dr Ruddell advised.

The only way you're really going to get a bully to reconsider their actions is to stand up to them - you have to be willing to punch them in the mouth at some point in time.