in the cold light of day

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if you think about something in the cold light of day, you think about it clearly and calmly, without the emotions you had at the time it happened, and you often feel sorry or ashamed about it The next morning, in the cold light of day, Sarah realized what a complete idiot she had been.

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Thus confronted at a distance of only a few feet by the real body of the woman about whom he had dreamt so many million dreams, Ralph stammered; he made a clutch at his self-control; the color either came to his cheeks or left them, he knew not which; but he was determined to face her and track down in the cold light of day whatever vestige of truth there might be in his persistent imaginations. Night and Day by Woolf, Virginia View in context			in the absence of in the act in the affirmative in the air in the altogether in the back of mind in the bag in the balance in the ballpark in the bargain in the best of health in the black in the blink of an eye in the blood in the boondocks in the bosom of in the buff in the bull pen in the business of in the cards in the care of in the case of in the catbird seat in the chips in the clear in the cold light of day in the Common Era in the context of In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king in the cross hairs in the dark in the dead of night in the dead of the night in the doghouse in the doldrums in the drink in the driver's seat in the dumps in the end in the event of in the eyes of in the eyes of the law in the face of in the family in the family way in the fast lane in the final analysis in the first place in the first place and in the first instance in the flesh in the fullness of time			in the can In the Car in the cards in the cards in the cards in the cards in the care of in the case of in the catbird seat in the charge of in the charge of someone in the chips In the church style In the church style in the circumstances in the circumstances in the clear in the clear in the clear in the clear in the clear in the clear in the cloud in the clouds in the clouds in the clouds In the Club In the Club In the Club In the Club in the cold light of day in the Common Era In the Community for the Community in the company of In the Company of Friends In the Company of Writers LLC in the context of In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king in the course in the course in the course in the course In the course of In the course of in the course of time In the Court of the Crimson King in the cross hairs in the dark in the dark in the dark in the dark in the dead of night in the dead of the night in the dead of winter in the dock in the dock in the dock in the dock in the doghouse in the doghouse in the doghouse

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