old-fashioned

to be very obvious.

There's no doubt that he's interested in her. It's as plain as the nose on your face.

• the ... rung on the ladder
• the salt of the earth
• the same old same old
• the same old thing
• the same to you
• the scales fall from eyes.
• the scales fall from someone's eyes.
• the scene is set for
• the scene is set for something
• the school of hard knocks
• the scum of the earth
• the seven year itch
• the shape of things to come
• the sharp end
• the shit hits the fan
• the shit out of
• the shit out of you
• the shoe is on the other foot
• the show must go on.
• the silent majority
• the silly season
• the silver screen
• the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question
• the sky's the limit
• the sky's the limit.