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