reality check

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So, in a sense, we want her to break the date because it gives us a fantastic reality check.
在某種意義上，我們希望她取消約會，因爲這給了我們一次奇妙的現實檢騐。
Reality check: I have never heard anyone procrastinate their way to success before and I doubt it’s going to change in the near future.
現狀核實：我以前從未聽說過有哪個拖延的人取得成功的，我懷疑將來他們也不會成功。
We had our first reality check at Pyongyang airport, when our mobile phones were confiscated. This evidence of total state control was immediate and shocking.
我們在平壤機場第一次接受現實的檢查，我們的手機都被沒收了，這種完全的國家控制行爲直接而令人震驚。

She is also his emotional and spiritual guide, the one who provides a reality check for him.
All right, so let's just do a reality check here.
好，讓我們來做一個現實性的檢騐。
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Coming after a week of almost-universally upbeat economic data that buoyed U.S.markets, Wednesday's more-somber news is a reality-check, according to Alan Brown of Schroders, an asset management company.

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an occasion that causes you to consider the facts about a situation and not your opinions, ideas, or beliefs

If you say that something is a reality check for someone, you mean that it makes them recognize the truth about a situation, especially about the difficulties involved in something they want to achieve.