to one’s face
当着某人的面
A：It’s hard to tell someone she’s wrong to her face.
B：Why are you so sad?
A：It’s my friend, Joan. She was very rude to her boyfriend yesterday.
I told her she was wrong and she started to hate me.
B：No, that won’t do! How could she be so narrow-minded?
I’ll do something for you.
A：当着一个人的面告诉她说“她错了”是很难的。
B：你为什么这么不开心？
A：是我的朋友琼，昨天她对男友非常粗鲁无礼。我告诉她说这样不对，她却开始恨起我来。
B：哦，怎么能这样！她怎么能这么小心眼儿？我会帮你的。