English Dictionary

rub someone's nose in

動詞

To confront someone with (facts or evidence) that they find unpleasant in order to make them suffer. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rub, nose, in.

日本語の意味

嫌な事実や証拠を突きつけ、相手に失敗や過ちを強調して恥をかかせる / 事実や証拠を示して、相手に自身の欠点やミスを痛感させる

Instead of consoling her teammate, he chose to rub someone's nose in the mistakes she had made during the game, which made everyone uncomfortable.

仲間を慰める代わりに、彼は試合で彼女が犯したミスをあえて突きつけて苦しめ、皆を居心地悪くさせた。

意味（1）

To confront someone with (facts or evidence) that they find unpleasant in order to make them suffer.

I want him to rub his nose in the issue. I want a local judgement about a local or specific event, supposed to have happened in a particular region of time and space.

意味（2）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rub, nose, in.

rubs someone's nose in （ present singular third-person ）

rubbing someone's nose in （ participle present ）

rubbed someone's nose in （ participle past ）

rubbed someone's nose in （ past ）