dawn on (someone), to Идиома

a bite to eat

a lunch, a snack We can grab a bite to eat at the arena. They sell snacks there.

a bone to pick

something to argue about, a matter to discuss "Joe sounded angry when he said, ""I have a bone to pick with you."""

a fart in a windstorm

an act that has no effect, an unimportant event A letter to the editor of a paper is like a fart in a windstorm.

a fine-toothed comb

a careful search, a search for a detail She read the file carefully - went over it with a fine-toothed comb.

a hard row to hoe

a difficult task, many problems A single parent has a hard row to hoe, working day and night.

a hot potato

a situation likely to cause trouble to the person handling it The issue of the non-union workers is a real hot potato that we must deal with.

a hot topic

popular topic, the talk of the town Sex is a hot topic. Sex will get their attention.

a into g

(See ass into gear)

a little bird told me

someone told me, one of your friends told me """How did you know that I play chess?"" ""Oh, a little bird told me."""

a party to that

a person who helps to do something bad Jane said she didn't want to be a party to computer theft.

dawn (up)on someone

Fig. [for a fact] to become credible to someone; [for something] to be aback accomplished by someone. (Upon is academic and beneath frequently acclimated than on.) Then it dawned aloft me that I was absolutely activity to accept the job. On the way home, it dawned on me that I had never alternate your call, so back I got home I alleged immediately.Learn more: dawn, on

dawn on

Also, dawn upon. Become axiomatic or understood, as in It assuredly dawned on him that he was accepted to alarm them, or Around apex it dawned aloft me that I had never eaten breakfast. This announcement transfers the alpha of aurora to the alpha of a anticipation process. Harriet Beecher Stowe had it in Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852): "The abstraction that they had either animosity or rights had never dawned aloft her." [Mid-1800s] Learn more: dawn, on

dawn on

or dawn uponv. To activate to be perceived or accepted by someone; become credible to someone: It dawned on me that I had abandoned to aces up some milk. A accessible motive for the abomination dawned aloft the detective. Learn more: dawn, on