begin to see daylight

Idioms  

1. Realize that a task is finally nearing completion, that success or the right solution is near at hand. For example, I've been working on this experiment for two years and I'm finally beginning to see daylight. The noun daylight has been a metaphor for knowledge and solution since the late 1600s. Also see light at the end of the tunnel; see the light.

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begin to see daylight

However, like Sindbad the Sailor in the cavern, I begin to see daylight.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 by Various

I think I begin to see daylight in spite of the darkness.

From The Golf Course Mystery by Steele, Chester K.

Ha!" said the old woman, laughing and rubbing her hands together; "you begin to see daylight, do you?

From Roughing It in the Bush by Moodie, Susanna

"Now I begin to see daylight," said Mr. Delaney.

From A Little Mother to the Others by Meade, L. T.

I can begin to see daylight in spots, where it looks like a remedy and a real one.

From Friday, the Thirteenth by Lawson, Thomas William