词汇 | come to light |
释义 | Idiom come to light Theme: REVELATION to become known.Some interesting facts about your past have just come to light.If too many bad things come to light, you may lose your job. Idiom come to light bring (something) to light - to discover facts, often about something bad or illegal.Several other problems came to light during the course of the investigation. come to lightTo be revealed or exposed. Discrepancies in the yearly budget report only came to light after the auditors began analyzing it. These incriminating documents came to light when they were leaked by a whistleblower. come to lightFig. [for something] to become known or to be discovered. Many surprises have come to light since then. Nothing new has come to light since we talked last. come to lightBe clearly revealed or exposed, as in New facts about evolution have come to light with the latest fossil discoveries in Africa . Miles Coverdale had this idiom in his translation of the Bible (Ezekiel 16:57): "And before thy wickednesse came to light." [First half of 1500s] come to ˈlightbecome known; be revealed: It recently came to light that he’d been in trouble with the police before. |
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