Matching Pairs Metaphors and Idioms (input)Online version Academic Wordskills - 09 (Metaphors and Idioms) by Филипп Леонидович 1 in the light of 2 to remain in the dark 3 to illuminate 4 in the shadow of 5 to highlight 6 to shed (new) light on smth 7 glaring 8 to elucidate 9 to shine a light on to emphasize something important to continue in a state of not knowing something bad and being too obvious to focus on because of (e.g. recent studies) to explain and make clearer (from the Latin "lucid" meaning "light") to provide a clearer explanation for smth to show more clearly something that is hard to understand in the situation where something bad has happened or is happening