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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Example Sentences

A picture is beginning to emerge of the alleged thieves behind a heist that stunned the French nation when they broke into the world’s most visited museum in broad daylight and got away with eight pieces from France’s royal and Napoleonic-era collections valued around $102 million.

From The Wall Street Journal

Two heists made in broad daylight present a scarier challenge for museums worn out by soup-throwing protesters.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s unclear if more art thefts are actually happening than in the past—but more appear to be occurring in broad daylight without concern for setting off alarms, and therefore attract more attention, according to Bob Combs, assistant vice president of visitor and security services for the J. Paul Getty Museum.

From The Wall Street Journal

A water leak at the Louvre museum in Paris has damaged hundreds of works, just weeks after thieves stole priceless French crown jewels from the museum in broad daylight.

From BBC

“When you shift those tactics and have agents out there in broad daylight, in Home Depot parking lots, when you have these cities on edge ... it’s just going to increase the number of incidents where some sort of an assault happens,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times