face facts | Idiomator

Meaning: Toacceptwhat is true, especially when it is undesirable.1828,The Indian Year Book, volumes12-17, page765:The Home Member said they could not refuse toface factsand Mr. S. R, Das, Law Member, said the partial co-operation which had been received from the Swarajists in the House had been forced out of them by their minority position there.1950January, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, inRailway Magazine, page13:Now this doubtness is an unhappy state of affairs to the lover of the steam locomotive, but we cannot, like the proverbial ostrich, bury our heads in the sand and refuse toface facts.2014, Joe RoosEvans,Here's to the Good Life, page32:Not long after a particularly aggressive soccer game in my youth, when I went down hard with a severe injury, I had toface facts: my soccer days were over.2017, Julia Quinn,The Girl With The Make-Believe Husband: A Bridgertons Prequel, page15:“You mustface facts,” he said, taking a step toward her.

Examples:

EN: We have to face facts.
ES: ¿Por qué tendría que hacerlo?
EN: Man, face facts.
ES: Hay que afrontar la realidad.
EN: Listen, Ted, we gotta face facts.
ES: Escucha, Ted, tenemos que enfrentarnos a los hechos.
EN: Jane, you must face facts.
ES: Jane, debes afrontar la realidad.
EN: - Your trouble is you won't face facts.
ES: - No afrontas los hechos.
EN: You're getting too old for such follies! You'll have to face facts.
ES: ¡Ya has pasado la edad de las locuras, lo podrías entender!
EN: Why don't you face facts, Grandma?
ES: ¿Por qué no te enfrentas a los hechos?
EN: All this making believe and refusing to face facts, it's indecent.
ES: Acepta los hechos. Esto es indecente.
EN: You got to face facts.
ES: Tienes que afrontar los hechos.
EN: We've got to face facts.
ES: Tenemos que afrontar los hechos.
EN: Why don't you face facts, Hank?
ES: Ellen no está instalada.
EN: - Well, let's face facts. You are.
ES: Bueno, afrontémoslo, lo es.
EN: I'm ready to face facts.
ES: Creo que por ahora lo dejaré pasar.
EN: We have to face the facts. I like people who face facts.
ES: Me gusta ese tipo de gente.
EN: I told Major von Keller to his face that I didn't like it, but we must face facts.
ES: Se lo dije a Keller. Pero hay que enfrentarse a los hechos.

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