fly in the face

The result may seem to fly in the face of common sense.

But the high number also seemed to fly in the face of the agency's recent history.

It flies in the face of what we're trying to stand for.

This flies in the face of everything I said before.

"If we're flying in the face of reason, we might as well go all the way."

Working with such countries can fly in the face of concerns about human rights.

The Government appear to be flying in the face of that report.

And that these figures can really feel the words they say seems to fly in the face of reason.

Such conclusions fly in the face of all our experience.

"That flies in the face of where we are now."

God seems to fly in the face of all caution.

But the way he flies in the face of tradition.

And the results, I think, fly in the face of what most psychologists would say.

The first half seemed to fly in the face of that assumption.

She knew this was flying in the face of protocol.

You are wont to fly in the face of good sense.

It made you fly in the face of the evidence, however compelling.

But to other people here, the ban flies in the face of common sense.

Flying in the face of life, this is a story determined to be happy.

This was flying in the face of the current evidence, he had to admit.

Often these decisions fly in the face of medical evidence, which tells a very different story.

He had decided to fly in the face of the conventional for this one.

It flew in the face of all her training and beliefs.

That attitude, he says, flies in the face of what made this country great.

It was flying in the face of God to take aspirin.