in the cold light of day

介词短语
中文释义
英 /ˌɪn ðə ˈkəʊ̯ld ˌlaɪ̯t əv ˈdeɪ̯/    美 /ˌɪn ðə ˈkoʊ̯ld ˌlaɪ̯t əv ˈdeɪ̯/|/ˌɪn ðə ˈkəʉ̯ld ˌlɑe̯t əv ˈdæɪ̯/

英文释义

介词短语
  1. Viewed calmly and dispassionately after allowing emotions to cool or after having sobered up. figuratively
    — In the cold light of day, I felt I had overreacted.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, the, cold, light, of, day; during the day; in daylight.
    — And above the crowd of living figures rise colossal forms of armed warriors, and peaceful poets, and sceptred monarchs; these glowing crimson; those standing calm and pale in the cold light of day.

词源

Probably an allusion to a situation being seen more clearly in daylight, and after some time has passed. The word cold is used in the sense of “dispassionate; not prejudiced or partisan; impartial”.
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