stare (someone or something) in the face

1. Literally, to make direct and uninterrupted eye contact with someone. She just walked up to the boss, stared him in the face, and asked for a raise! I could never do that!2. To confront a situation or issue directly. The suffragettes stared injustice in the face and won the right to vote.See also: face, stare

stare someone in the face

1. Go to look someone in the face. 2. [for evidence] to confront someone directly. (Fig. on stare someone in the face; look someone in the face.) Finally, the truth stared me in the face, and I had to admit to myself what had really happened. When the facts in the case stared the jury in the face, there was nothing they could do but acquit.See also: face, stare

stare in the face

Also, look in the face. Be glaringly obvious, although initially overlooked, as in The solution to the problem had been staring me in the face all along, or I wouldn't know a Tibetan terrier if it looked me in the face. [Late 1600s] See also: face, stare

stare something in the ˈface

be unable to avoid something: They were staring defeat in the face.See also: face, something, stare

stare in the face

1. To be plainly visible or obvious to (one); force itself on (one's) attention: The money on the table was staring her in the face.2. To be obvious to (one) though initially overlooked: The explanation had been staring him in the face all along.3. To be imminent or unavoidable to (one): Bankruptcy now stares us in the face.4. To be about to experience or undergo (something dire): We are staring bankruptcy in the face.See also: face, stare

单词	stare (someone or something) in the face
释义	stare (someone or something) in the face stare (someone or something) in the face 1. Literally, to make direct and uninterrupted eye contact with someone. She just walked up to the boss, stared him in the face, and asked for a raise! I could never do that!2. To confront a situation or issue directly. The suffragettes stared injustice in the face and won the right to vote.See also: face, stare stare someone in the face 1. Go to look someone in the face. 2. [for evidence] to confront someone directly. (Fig. on stare someone in the face; look someone in the face.) Finally, the truth stared me in the face, and I had to admit to myself what had really happened. When the facts in the case stared the jury in the face, there was nothing they could do but acquit.See also: face, stare stare in the face Also, look in the face. Be glaringly obvious, although initially overlooked, as in The solution to the problem had been staring me in the face all along, or I wouldn't know a Tibetan terrier if it looked me in the face. [Late 1600s] See also: face, stare stare something in the ˈface be unable to avoid something: They were staring defeat in the face.See also: face, something, stare stare in the face 1. To be plainly visible or obvious to (one); force itself on (one's) attention: The money on the table was staring her in the face.2. To be obvious to (one) though initially overlooked: The explanation had been staring him in the face all along.3. To be imminent or unavoidable to (one): Bankruptcy now stares us in the face.4. To be about to experience or undergo (something dire): We are staring bankruptcy in the face.See also: face, stare
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