单词 | in the cold light of day |
释义 | in the cold light of dayDispassionately, unemotionally, especially at a later time. For example, They had a terrible fight about the mix-up, but in the cold light of day they realized they were both at fault. This expression transfers the illumination of daylight to rational understanding and uses cold to emphasize the lack of passion. Words nearby in the cold light of dayin the case of, in the chips, in the circumstances, in the clear, in the clouds, in the cold light of day, in the course of, in the dark, in the dock, in the doghouse, in the doldrums The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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