in the cold light of day

in the cold light of day
{adv. phr.} After sleeping on it; after giving it more thought; using common sense and looking at the matter unemotionally and realistically. * /Lost night my ideas seemed terrific, but in the cold light of day I realize that they won't work./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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