rub someone's nose in

Etymology
From the technique of rubbing a pet's nose in the feces or urine when it makes a mess where it shouldn't.

Verb

 * 1) To confront someone with (facts or evidence) that they find unpleasant in order to make them suffer.

Translations

 * Dutch: onder de neus wrijven, het erin wrijven
 * Polish: wypominać, wypomnieć