in broad daylight

English

Etymology

From in + broad daylight.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪn bɹɔːd ˈdeɪlaɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪn bɹɔd ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ɪn bɹɑd ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/
• Hyphenation: in broad day‧light

Prepositional phrase

in broad daylight

1. In ample natural illumination, during the daytime.
   • 2008 August 23, Shelley Shelton, “Streaking fireball a vivid spectacle in daytime sky”, in Arizona Daily Star‎^[1], Tucson, Ariz., archived from the original on 2008-09-07:

     A fireball hurtled across the southern Tucson sky in broad daylight Saturday morning.

2. (figurative) In a blatant and publicly visible manner during the day.
   • 1934, Leslie Charteris, “The Uncritical Publisher”, in Ian Dickerson, editor, The Saint Intervenes, London: Mulholland Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 125:

     'But surely,' protested Peter half-heartedly, 'he couldn't carry on a racket like that in broad daylight and get away with it?'

   • 2008 January 24, Brian Benntt, “When Iraqis Come to America”, in Time‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC:

     It's still too dangerous for the wife of a journalist who was murdered in the street in broad daylight.

     (Can we archive this URL?)

Translations

in ample natural illumination

• Arabic: فِي وَضَح اَلنَّهَار (fī waḍaḥ an-nahār)
• Catalan: a plena llum del dia
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大白天 (zh) (dàbáitiān), 光天化日 (zh) (guāngtiānhuàrì)

• Danish: ved højlys dag
• Dutch: op klaarlichte dag
• Finnish: kirkkaassa päivänvalossa
• French: en plein jour (fr), à la lumière du jour
• Galician: á luz do día
• German: am helllichten Tag
• Hindi: दिनदहाड़े (dindahāṛe)
• Hungarian: fényes nappal (hu)
• Macedonian: сред бел ден (sred bel den)
• Polish: w biały dzień (pl)
• Portuguese: à luz do dia
• Russian: средь бе́ла дня (ru) (sredʹ béla dnja)
• Serbo-Croatian: usred bijela dana, usred bela dana
• Spanish: a la luz del día
• Swedish: mitt på ljusan dag

in a blatant and publicly visible manner

• Armenian: օրը ցերեկով (ōrə cʻerekov), ափաշքյարա (apʻaškʻyara) (colloquial)
• Belarusian: сяро́д бе́лага дня (sjaród bjélaha dnja)
• Bulgarian: посре́д бял ден (posréd bjal den)
• Catalan: a plena llum
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大白天 (zh) (dàbáitiān), 光天化日 (zh) (guāngtiānhuàrì)

• Cornish: yn jydh splann
• Czech: za bílého dne
• Danish: ved højlys dag
• Dutch: op klaarlichte dag
• Finnish: keskellä kirkasta päivää
• French: au grand jour (fr), au vu et au su de tous
• Galician: a plena luz do día
• German: am helllichten Tag
• Hungarian: fényes nappal (hu)
• Italian: alla luce del sole
• Japanese: 白昼堂々と (はくちゅうどうどうと, hakuchū-dōdō to), 真っ昼間に (まっぴるまに, mappiruma ni)
• Korean: 대낮에 (ko) (daenaj-e)
• Latvian: gaišā dienas laikā
• Macedonian: сред бел ден (sred bel den)
• Polish: w biały dzień (pl)
• Portuguese: em plena luz do dia
• Russian: средь бе́ла дня́ (ru) (sredʹ béla dnjá)
• Slovak: za bieleho dňa
• Spanish: a plena luz del día
• Swedish: mitt på ljusa dagen, mitt på blanka dagen, mitt på ljusan dag, på öppen gata
• Ukrainian: се́ред бі́лого дня (uk) (séred bíloho dnja)

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Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} לאור היום (l'ór hayóm)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} di siang bolong