the light of day


see the light of day

To be available to the public in some way, such as being published, disseminated, or simply revealed somehow. Unless you have a good literary agent, your manuscript will never see the light of day. That document is so sensitive that I guarantee it will never see the light of day.See also: light, of, see

(see) the light of ˈday

be thought of or discovered by somebody, or become known to a lot of people at a particular time: It was then that the idea of a European parliament first saw the light of day.See also: light, of