Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Synonym of plain as day.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dated, informal, not-comparable
Qualifier: simile
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Synonyms: plain as day
Antonyms: none provided
History
Presumably a pun on Salisbury Plain, or perhaps in reference to the spire of Salisbury Cathedral, which can be seen at a distance.
