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Origin of Phrases - I
It Dawned On Me
Harriet Beecher Stowe introduced this phrase in 1852's Uncle Tom's Cabin. "Dawn" negatively refers to the arrival of light in a person's mind, as if they'd previously been in darkness. The full line was, "The idea that they had either feelings or rights had never dawned upon her.
