fly in the face of something• Whatever the riddle is called, it flies in the face of 3,000 years of logicalphilosophy.• Neill triumphantly flies in the face of a long line of buffoon kings on film.• Eysenck's claim flies in the face of all the evidence.• I find this hard to believe since it flies in the face of all the principles of wrestling.• Anita Roddick has made a virtue of flying in the face of business convention.• It flies in the face ofcommitments made at the EarthSummit to reduce consumption.• But strong biologicaldeterminismflies in the face of experience.• Award-winning entertainment that flies in the face ofgravity lands in Tucson for two nights only.• This flies in the face of the cautiousnature of the Bushadministration.