- English translation
Daylight has eyes of its own.
- Literal wording
The day has two eyes.
- Meaning and lesson
Daytime is pictured as a watcher equipped with a pair of eyes. Whatever lies in the open under daylight can be observed, so details that darkness kept hidden come into view and a situation can be read clearly for what it really is.
The saying therefore praises daylight as the time for seeing and judging accurately. It implies that secrets, flaws, or confusions tend to surface once light falls on them, and that clarity rather than guesswork becomes possible when the night has passed.
- When it is used
Suitable when commenting that something murky or concealed will become plain once it is examined in daylight, or when suggesting that a matter is best judged or settled by day rather than at night.
- Register
- colloquial
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