стоять перед глазами

• СТОЯТЬ <МАЯЧИТЬ coll> ПЕРЕД ГЛАЗАМИ чьими, у кого; СТОЯТЪ В ГЛАЗАХ у кого{{}}

[VP; subj: usu. human or concr]

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⇒ (usu. of some past event, or some person or thing with which s.o. had contact in the past) to be continually present in s.o.'s thoughts:

- X стоит у Y-а перед глазами{{}}≈ X is always on <in the forefront of> Y's mind;

- X is forever before Y's eyes;

- X keeps rising up before Y's eyes;

- Y cannot help thinking of X;

- Y cannot get X out of Y's mind;

- [in limited contexts] thing X haunts Y.

     ♦ О чём бы кто ни заговорил, он [Вадим] сейчас же вспоминает какую-то историю из "тех лет" [когда он был в лагере и в ссылке]... Это можно понять - всё ещё слишком свежо, не успело зарасти, стоит перед глазами (Некрасов 1). No matter what anybody started to talk about, it would at once remind him [Vadim] of some story from "those years" [when he was in the camp and in exile]. ... That one could understand - those days were so fresh and recent, they were always in the forefront of his mind, the memories hadn't had time to heal (1a).

     ♦ ...У нас с О.М[андельштамом] в глазах стоял Ломинадзе, отозванный для казни из Тифлиса, когда О.М. вёл с ним переговоры о том, чтобы остаться на архивной работе в Тифлисе (Мандельштам 1). ...M[andelstam] and I couldn't help thinking of Lominadze, who was recalled to Moscow for his execution while we were in Tiflis talking with him about the possibility of M[andelstam] staying there to work in the archives (1a).