stare in the face 就在眼前

当某人或某事 stares you in the face 的时候，这个形容比喻什么事情很明显，就在眼前。

例句

The detective realised soon that he had been staring the solution to the crime in the face all along: the murderer was the butler!

If we calm down in a crisis we might find out that the way out of it is staring us in the face.

请注意

另一个短语 stare someone down 的意思是施加压力，让他人让步或投降。

I'm a very persistent person and no amount of staring down will make me give up on joining the posh country club!