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