English Dictionary

rub someone's nose in

verb

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.

I don't want to rub his nose in it, but I did win the competition.

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.