daylight

  • 21daylight — noun Date: 13th century 1. the light of day 2. daytime 3. dawn 4. a. knowledge or understanding of something that has been obscure < began to see daylight on the problem > b …

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  • 22Daylight — &#160;Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différentes œuvres portant le même titre. Daylight est un film américain réalisé par Tom Ricketts (1914) Daylight est un film américain réalisé par Rob Cohen (1996) Catégorie : Homonymie de titre …

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  • 23daylight — n. in broad daylight * * * [ deɪlaɪt] in broad daylight …

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  • 24daylight — See: SCARE OUT OF ONE S WITS or SCARE THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF, SEE DAYLIGHT …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 25daylight — See: SCARE OUT OF ONE S WITS or SCARE THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF, SEE DAYLIGHT …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 26daylight — Windowpane Win dow*pane , n. 1. (Arch.) See {Pane}, n., (3) b . [In this sense, written also {window pane}.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) A thin, spotted American turbot ({Pleuronectes maculatus}) remarkable for its translucency. It is not valued …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 27daylight — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. daytime, daylight hours, sunlight, light of day; see day 2 , morning 1 , sunshine . • scare the daylights out of*, knock the daylights out of*, Syn. frighten, scare, beat; see beat 2 , frighten 1 , threaten 1 …

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  • 28daylight — See: scare out of one s wits or scare the daylights out of, see daylight …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 29daylight —    associated with killing by shooting    What is improbably supposed to be seen through the body after the passage of a bullet:     You ll want to be discreet... they d as soon make daylight shine through you as anyone else. (Furst, 1988) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 30daylight — noun 1》 the natural light of the day.     ↘dawn. 2》 visible distance between one person or thing and another. Phrases the living daylights out of do the specified thing to (someone) with great severity: he beat the living daylights out of them.&#8230; …

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