Reader question:
This – Never Seen the Light of Day – is the title of a song. What does "see the light of day" mean?
My comments:
For something to "see the light of day" is for it to get its share of opportunity to succeed, to be shown, to be brought out and made known. The expression probably comes from the ideas of "day" and "night". The day follows the night, but if something never sees the light of day, obviously it will remain in the dark (of night) for ever.
The expression is often, more often than not at any rate, used in a negative statement. For example: "Your plans are good. They may work but I'm afraid they'll never see the light of day with the current administration." This means the current regime will never give you the opportunity to try your plans out. Their attention is elsewhere.
In other words, your plans have no chance (of being put to work).
Or the expression could be used in a questioning remark: "Your plans are good. They may work but will they ever see the light of day?" Here, the speaker is doubtful.
I have been reading about the assassination of JFK the other day... More than four decades have passed since that fatal date in Dallas but a lot of writers are still fascinated with the tragic death of the US President. Among other things, a large number of eyewitnesses to the killing of Kennedy were later found dead, and often in mysterious circumstances prompting conspiracy theorists to conclude that at least some of these witnesses were gotten rid of by the powers that be just so that their tales would never see the light of day.
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