表达 when reality bites 当现实反咬你一口的时候 可以用来描述人在长期逃避某件事之后不能不面对残酷现实的状况。
例句
You try to stay together with a partner you dont love, but when reality bites, youll have to separate1!
你试图和你不喜欢的另一半在一块,但当你不能不直面现实的时候,就得分手了!
After three years of wearing a hat, reality finally bit and I accepted that my hair had fallen out.
三年来我一直戴着帽子,但我终于勇敢同意头发掉光的现实。
only after her relatives funeral2 did reality truly bite. She finally accepted that no one could live forever.
在她参加了亲戚的葬礼后不能不直面现实,终于同意了无人是会长生不老的事实。