in plain sight

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

in plain sight

1. (idiomatic) Very easy to see or notice, especially when supposed to be hidden.
   • 2014 October 27, Taylor Swift, Ryan Tedder (lyrics and music), “I Know Places (Taylor's Version)”, in 1989 (Taylor's Version)‎^[1], performed by Taylor Swift, published 2023 October 27:

     You stand with your hand on my waistline
     It's a scene, and we're out here in plain sight

Related terms

• hide in plain sight, hidden in plain sight

Translations

very easy to see or notice

• Catalan: a plena llum, a ulls veients
• Danish: i det åbne
• Finnish: täysin avoimesti
• French: au vu et au su de tous, à la vue de tous (fr)
• Galician: a ollos vistos
• German: offen sichtbar, deutlich sichtbar, klar erkennbar, für jedermann sichtbar
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰 (andaugiba)
• Italian: in bella vista, in piena luce
• Polish: na widoku
• Spanish: a ojos vistas