plain to see

plain to see (not comparable)

1. Evident; obvious.

   Synonyms: plain as day, plain as the nose on one's face; see also Thesaurus:obvious

   • 1993 October 13, Todd Pipes, “Breakfast at Tiffany's”, in Home‎^[1], performed by Deep Blue Something, published 11 July 1995:

     So what now? It's plain to see we're over
     And I hate when things are over
     When so much is left undone

Often found in the forms plain for all to see, plain for all the world to see.

• epistolean, pœnalties