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To be about to meet or to happen to (you.) /Grandmother became very sick and death was staring her in the face./ /Defeat stared them in the face, but the soldiers fought on bravely./ 2. To be easy to see; be plain. /Are you looking for your pencil? Its on your desk, staring you in the face./ /Their friends all knew that Mary loved John, but John did not see it even though it was staring him in the face./ [stars in ones eyes]{n. phr.} 1. An appearance or feeling of very great happiness or expectation of happiness. /Mary gets stars in her eyes when she thinks of her boyfriend./ 2. A belief in the possibility of quick and lasting reforms in people and life and an eagerness to make such changes. /Some inexperienced people get stars in their eyes when they think of improving the world./[starry-eyed] {adj.} Very happy and excited, perhaps with little reason; eager and self-confident about improving human nature and general conditions of life. /Young people are often starry-eyed and eager to improve the world; they do not know how hard it is./ [start] See: BY FITS AND STARTS, HEAD START, JACK-RABBIT START, RUNNING START. [start from scratch] See: FROM SCRATCH. [start in]{v.}, {informal} 1 ...»