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Sep 20, 2020 18:04
3 yrs ago
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English term

come daylight

Non-PRO English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters come daylight
I saw a couple doing things (Sex), So I clinked a lot of glasses on the bar and banged a few bottles down, and coughed, and let them know
there was someone around. Very sheepish, come daylight.

An air hostess talking about her experience.

I didn't really get what she means by "Very sheepish, come daylight." Not "come daylight" itself.

Thanks in advance,
Responses
5 +2 when dawn arrived
4 in the light of day
4 -2 when I realised what I had done

Discussion

S.J (asker) Sep 22, 2020:
Thank you all. You were really helpful.
Mark Robertson Sep 22, 2020:
@All I have deleted my answer because Phil replied in essentially the same terms before I did.

Responses

+2
33 mins
Selected

when dawn arrived

The next morning.

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Note added at 34 mins (2020-09-20 18:39:51 GMT)
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I'm not sure, but your question seems to relate to a different term to that in your header. Sheepish means embarrassed.
Peer comment(s):
agree Tony M : They were embarrassed about their earlier behaviour at the end of the night, when presumably the bar closed and they had to go home.
42 mins
Well, maybe, if the bar was open all night. Thanks!
neutral Yvonne Gallagher : an air hostess? Not about a "bar" as such
2 hrs
What exactly is wrong with my answer?
neutral writeaway : glad to see that electricity has been restored in Pensacola
17 hrs
agree Sajad Neisi
1 day 18 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you."
-2
9 hrs

when I realised what I had done

that's the meaning

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Note added at 9 hrs (2020-09-21 03:43:24 GMT)
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"come daylight" is not to be understood literally here...

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Note added at 9 hrs (2020-09-21 03:51:13 GMT)
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it means the air hostess thought things over and regretted her reaction "in the cool light of dawn" meaning when she considered calmly and dispassionately, without the charge of emotions felt at the time something happened.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2020-09-21 04:14:17 GMT)
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nothing to do with the dawn
Peer comment(s):
disagree David Sirett : air hostess, overnight flight, sees couple having sex, makes noises so couple know someone is around, couple look embarrassed when dawn breaks. All three of your notes are mistaken, IMO.
2 hrs
disagree Yvonne Gallagher : all 3 notes incorrect
5 hrs
neutral Rosa Baranda : I'm not a native speaker so I might be getting this completely wrong, but I think that "very sheepish, come daylight", because it doesn't have a subject, is a comment of the hostess about her own actions, not about the people having sex.
1 day 5 hrs
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17 hrs

in the light of day

This doesn't necessarily mean "at the break of dawn". It would also cover the situation if the couple had dozed off and woken up an hour or two after dawn, and then looked very sheepish when they saw the air hostess.
Peer comment(s):
neutral writeaway : how does this work?
1 hr
Behaviour that seemed OK the night before, might seem embarrassing in the light of day.
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