see daylight

see daylight
видеть просвет, увидеть выход из положения; почувствовать надежду, понять; ≈ глаза раскрылись, прояснилось

...most serious illnesses have an hour of crisis, this turned out to be the beginning of better news and very soon we saw daylight again. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Rain upon Godshill’, ch. 12) — ...при самых серьезных заболеваниях бывают переломные моменты. На этот раз после кризиса началось улучшение. Мы опять воспрянули духом.

He had two isolated cases, distinct from one another, except that they were linked together by a similarity of method, but, looking in all directions, he saw no daylight. (E. Wallace, ‘Mr. J. G. Reeder Returns’, ‘The Shadow Man’) — Мистер Ридер должен был расследовать два преступления, совершенно не связанные друг с другом. Но в обоих был применен один и тот же метод. Мистер Ридер не видел выхода из тупика.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • see daylight — ► see daylight begin to understand something. Main Entry: ↑daylight …   English terms dictionary

  • see daylight — {v. phr.}, {informal} To know that an end or success is near. * /We thought we would never finish building the house, but now we can see daylight./ * /Sarah thought it would take forever to read the book for her report, but finally she saw… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • see daylight — {v. phr.}, {informal} To know that an end or success is near. * /We thought we would never finish building the house, but now we can see daylight./ * /Sarah thought it would take forever to read the book for her report, but finally she saw… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • see\ daylight — v. phr. informal To know that an end or success is near. We thought we would never finish building the house, but now we can see daylight. Sarah thought it would take forever to read the book for her report, but finally she saw daylight …   Словарь американских идиом

  • see daylight — 1 Sam finally saw daylight: UNDERSTAND, comprehend, realize, see the light; informal cotton on, catch on, latch on, get the picture, get the message, get it; Brit. informal twig …   Useful english dictionary

  • see daylight — 1) to see outside when it is daytime I ve been working so hard, I feel like I haven t seen daylight for weeks. 2) to understand something that you could not understand before Suddenly Sam saw daylight …   English dictionary

  • see daylight — begin to understand something. → daylight …   English new terms dictionary

  • see daylight — be close to a solution, be close to the end …   English contemporary dictionary

  • daylight — ► NOUN 1) the natural light of the day. 2) dawn. 3) visible distance between one person or thing and another. 4) (the (living) daylights) life: he beat the living daylights out of them. ● see daylight Cf. ↑see daylight …   English terms dictionary

  • daylight — [dā′līt΄] n. 1. the light of day; sunlight 2. dawn; daybreak 3. full understanding or knowledge of something hidden or obscure 4. the approaching end of a task or an ordeal [to see daylight ahead] 5. [pl.] [Old Slang] Slang former the eyes 6 …   English World dictionary

  • daylight — See: SCARE OUT OF ONE S WITS or SCARE THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF, SEE DAYLIGHT …   Dictionary of American idioms


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