in the cold light of day

Meaning

1. when you have had time to think calmly about sth; in the morning when things are clearer

   These things always look different in the cold light of day.

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From the same entry

• a cold fish
• get cold feet
• give the cold shoulder
• in cold blood
• leave cold
• pour cold water on
• make blood run cold
• blow hot and cold
• go hot and cold
• come in from the cold
• leave out in the cold
• catch your death