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!