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in the cold light of day



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Idioms and Phrases

Dispassionately, 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.
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Example Sentences

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“I would be fairly confident that most of those young people, in the cold light of day, in sobriety watching those videos will be mortified.”

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And yet, as a unionist party, one big niggle remains in the cold light of day.

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Although Broad survived until day three, in the cold light of day, the Nighthawk's wings were clipped.

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In the cold light of day, the candlelit comity may just have been a moment of calm before attendees return to their post-lame-duck battle positions.

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So while principles exist that would allow the Queen to refuse an early election request, they've never been tested in the cold light of day, according to Catherine Haddon from the Institute for Government think tank.

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