| 单词 | clear as noonday |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclear as (the sun at) noonday 2. clear as (the sun at) noonday and variants: transparent, self-evident. ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xi. 17 Then shulde thy life be as cleare as the noone daye. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 317 As may be seine ouer all cleirer than the sone at Nune day. 1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 53 It is as clear as the Noon-day, that this was not the House of Commons. a1704 T. Brown Lett. from Dead (new ed.) in Wks. (1707) II. ii. 234 My Minor is as plain as the Sun at Noon-day. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. iv. 31 That he was not a thief was as clear to her as the sun at noonday. 1893 W. Forbes-Mitchell Reminisc. Great Mutiny 26 It was clear as noonday to the meanest capacity. 1956 C. S. Lewis Till we have Faces xii. 146 My other guesses would not even come into their minds; here was the plain answer, clear as noonday. Why seek further? 1992 Polit. Theory 20 443 It is clear as noonday that politics stands in the service of heteronomous, nonpolitical powers. < as lemmas |
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