• БИТЬ В ГЛАЗА (кому)
[VP; subj: concr or abstr]
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⇒ to stand out to such an extent that one cannot fail to notice it:
- X бьёт (Y-y) в глаза••≈ Y cannot help noticing (but notice) X;
- [in limited contexts] X is striking;
- [in limited contexts;
- of things that evoke a negative reaction from the speaker] X is hard on the eyes;
- X hurts the eye(s).
♦ ...Город никак не уступал другим губернским городам: сильно била в глаза жёлтая краска на каменных домах и скромно темнела серая на деревянных (Гоголь 3). [The town] in no way yielded to the other provincial towns-the paint on the stone houses was the usual yellow and just as hard on the eyes, while the paint on the wooden houses showed as a modestly dark gray, quite unexceptional (3a).