plain as day

Idioms  

1. Also, plain as the nose on your face. Very obvious, quite clear, as in It's plain as day that they must sell their house before they can buy another, or It's plain as the nose on your face that she's lying. These similes have largely replaced the earlier plain as a packstaff or pikestaff, from the mid-1500s, alluding to the stick on which a peddler carried his wares over his shoulder. The first term, from the late 1800s, is probably a shortening of plain as the sun at midday; the variant dates from the late 1600s.

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Example Sentences

But it’s plain as day that this administration has not earned that deference.

From Slate

But here it is, plain as day and I’m angry about it.

From Salon

Second, it is plain as day that the Supreme Court simply did not trust the Trump administration’s claims that it would not deport migrants over the weekend without due process.

From Slate

The opposition to “DEI” that occupies the White House is a smokescreen for a step in exactly the opposite direction, plain as day: make sure the rich get richer, and that no pesky standards of fairness or rules get in the way.

From Slate

Baker pushes the comedy, but, just as with Ani, the injustice of it all is plain as day.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• conspicuous
• indisputable
• noticeable
• obvious
• palpable
• unmistakable
• visible