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plain as a haystack

plain as a haystack adjective: synonym of plain as day.

Adjective

plain as a haystack (not comparable)

  1. (simile) Synonym of plain as day.
    • `Two things are clear to me,' I said, addressing my three companions, who stared at this spectacle in dismay: `first, that we can't go across there' (I pointed to the swamp), `and, secondly, that if we stop here we shall certainly die of fever.' `That's as plain as a haystack, sir,' said Job.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “The Head of the Ethiopian”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 62
    Synonyms:
    plain as day

Synonyms of plain as a haystack

Questions about plain as a haystack

What does plain as a haystack mean?
Plain as a haystack means synonym of plain as day.
What part of speech is plain as a haystack?
Plain as a haystack is an adjective.

Words near plain as a haystack in the dictionary

  1. plaier
  2. plaigarism
  3. plaigiarism
  4. plain
  5. plain and simple
  6. plain as a haystack
  7. plain as a pikestaff
  8. plain as day
  9. plain as Dunstable highway
  10. plain as porridge
  11. plain as print

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