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Now we turn to metaphors of evil and goodness or purity. This evidence did not come to light until after the trial.Īre you able to shed any light on this subject? New facts were brought to light by scholars. We were completely in the dark about what was happening.Ĭonversely, if you bring something to light or if something comes to light, people find out about it, while if you cast/shed/throw light on something, you give people information about it: They were planning to leave, but they kept it dark. If you keep something dark, you keep it secret, and if you are in the dark about something, you don’t know anything about it: We’ll start with ignorance and knowledge. There are many common phrases that exemplify this, and this post will look at some of the most common ones.

These quotes, from Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, perfectly demonstrate the way darkness and light are used as metaphors in English (and many other languages), with darkness suggesting ignorance, evil and unhappiness and light signifying knowledge, purity and happiness.

‘In the midst of darkness, light persists.’ ‘Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that.’

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