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词汇 in-the-cold-light-of-day
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in the cold light of day


idiom
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: 事后冷静理智地回想某事(常感到遗憾或羞愧)
The next morning, in the cold light of day, Sarah realized what a complete idiot she had been.第二天早上,莎拉回过头来冷静地想了想,意识到自己当时是多么的愚蠢。
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Examples of in the cold light of day


in the cold light of day
He says that when he came to look at it inthecoldlightofday, he realised that it did something else.
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Perhaps he should reflect on what he said when he reads his speech inthecoldlightofday.
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I suggest that people read that debate inthecoldlightofday and see it as a kind of xenophobes' convention.
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If ever there was a speech that did not stand examination inthecoldlightofday, it was that one.
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I realised this looking at it inthecoldlightofday, which is not the time of day at which it was drafted.
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I will look at his words with some interest inthecoldlightofday tomorrow.
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I should like to read inthecoldlightofday what my noble friend has said before taking this much further.
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But the reality, viewed dispassionately inthecoldlightofday, is that we do that on the sufferance of the government of the day.
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We need to assess the pros and cons inthecoldlightofday.
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It should be reviewed inthecoldlightofday and a considered judgment should be reached on the evidence.
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There, inthecoldlightofday, standards and ethics for the service concerned will have to be judged.
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I think that, inthecoldlightofday, even he would accept that.
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Perhaps their remarks were made in the heat of the debate, and inthecoldlightofday they will regret them.
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We shall have to look at the matter inthecoldlightofday and assess it.
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Could that be looked at inthecoldlightofday?
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