clear as day
Meaning: Completely obvious.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Example: “It's clear as day that the dog ate the sandwich.”
Category: Nature
Origin: Daylight shows everything plainly, unlike night. The comparison is long established in English; "clear as day" is found from the 17th century.
Equivalents in other languages
- German: Klar wie Kloßbrühe — literally: Clear as dumpling broth
- Spanish: estar más claro que el agua — literally: to be clearer than water
- Italian: Non ci piove — literally: It doesn't rain on it
More idioms — Nature
- grow like wildfire — To spread very fast.
- blow me down — An exclamation of complete surprise.
- be over the moon — Absolutely delighted.
- green with envy — Extremely jealous.
- put down roots — To settle somewhere permanently.
- hit rock bottom — To reach the lowest possible point.
More English idioms
- nothing doing — Refusal; there is no chance of that happening.
- be in the know — To have information that most people do not have.
- have had it up to here — To be completely fed up.
- be off one's game — To perform worse than usual.
- be miles away — To be lost in thought and not paying attention.
- sly as a fox — Very cunning.
From our compliments & insults
- Tu as de la répartie — You're brilliantly quick-witted — always ready with the perfect comeback.
- Eres un crack — You're brilliant — a total star at what you do.
- Eres muy majo/a — You're a lovely, kind, and genuine person — the nicest way to compliment someone's charac…