stare someone in the face

短语

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词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To be extremely visible and obvious to someone.

    及物

    Then, one night you wake up with a start at 3 o'clock in the morning with the answer staring you in the face. Or maybe it hits you in the bath, like Archimedes, or while you're on the loo.

    , Book I The law […] stares them in the face whilst they are breaking it.