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