Idiom
bright line
Meaning
A clear distinction in the context of a legal, moral, ethical, or analytical judgment.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The company needs a bright line between work and personal time.”
“The judge established a bright line to clarify when a contract is officially broken.”
“The committee struggled to draw a bright line between acceptable artistic expression and speech that violates the fundamental rights of others.”
Examples
simple
“The company needs a bright line between work and personal time.”
contextual
“The judge established a bright line to clarify when a contract is officially broken.”
complex
“The committee struggled to draw a bright line between acceptable artistic expression and speech that violates the fundamental rights of others.”
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