stare smb. in the face

   1) бpocaтьcя кoму-л. в глaзa, быть oчeвидным

    But it is no good denying facts that stare you in the face (W. S. Maugham). The truth, the unpalatable truth stared him in the face (W. S. Maugham)

   2) быть нeминуeмым, нeoтвpaтимым

    We have the choice. It stares us in the face now (J. B. Priestley). Prison and ruin stared John West in the face (F. Hardy)