broad daylight

Idioms  

1. Ample and obvious natural light, as in You don't need your flashlight—it's broad daylight, or She was accosted on her own street in broad daylight. [1300s]

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broad daylight

It is an ideal fuel for buried embers, which can lie dormant until favourable conditions, such as wind and dry weather, allow them to reignite in broad daylight.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Three narrow, dark tunnels along the way throttle speeds because of the sudden contrasts from broad daylight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

A meteor streaked across the New York City area in broad daylight on July 16, 2024, producing a sonic boom as it passed just south of the Statue of Liberty.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

A woman who dumped out and walked off with a special-edition Knicks trash can in broad daylight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

It was broad daylight by the time they made it back to the intermediate airfield.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein