come up and bite

/K AH1 M AH0 P AH0 N D B AY0 T/
verb
  1. 1

    (colloquial, idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To be extremely obvious to (someone), to be impossible for (someone) to miss and ignore.

  2. 2

    (colloquial, idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To clearly expose itself to (someone).