當某人或某事 stare you in the face 的時候，比喻什麼事情很明顯，就在眼前。
The detective realised soon that the solution to his case had been staring him in the face all along: the murderer was the butler!
If we stay calm in a crisis we might find out that the way out of it is staring us in the face.
另一個短語 stare someone down 的意思是施加壓力，讓他人讓步或投降。
I'm a very persistent person and, even if they keep staring me down, I』ll never give up on joining their posh country club!