dawn on | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,of an idea)Tooccurtosomebody; to berealizedby.Synonym:strikeIt finallydawned onhim that he could automate the process instead of doing it by hand each time.1897December (indicated as1898),Winston Churchill, chapter V, inThe Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company; London:Macmillan & Co., Ltd.,→OCLC:Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousnessdawning uponhim that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.1943September and October, Chas. S. Lake, “Some Continental Travel Experiences (1922-1934)—IV”, inRailway Magazine, page287:"Sir," he remarked, "you have been robbed," and then it suddenlydawned onme that it must have taken place as I was passing the men congregated in the corridor.2013September 13, Russell Brand,The Guardian‎[1]:Whatdawned onme as the night went on is that even in apparently frivolous conditions the establishment asserts control, and won't tolerate having that assertion challenged, even flippantly, by that most beautifully adept tool: comedy.

Examples:

EN: Take this crown of Adonis and place it at dawn on the head of the winner of the chariot race.
ES: Consagra esta corona a Adonis y ciñe con ella al amanecer al vencedor de la carrera de carros.
EN: From the peek of dawn on Sunday morning.
ES: Desde la primera luz el domingo por la mañana...
EN: Doesn't anything dawn on you?
ES: ¿Se te enciende una luz?
EN: It's beginning to dawn on Jim Gettys I mean what I say.
ES: Jim Gettys ha comenzado a darse cuenta de que sé lo que digo.
EN: It's about dawn on the 25th of June.
ES: La madrugada del 25 de junio.
EN: Precisely at dawn on September 1, Without Warning... ..the German Wehrmacht rolled over the Polish borders.
ES: En la alborada de 1º de septiembre de 1939, sin aviso... a Wermacht alemán rompió la frontera polonesa.
EN: When it is dusk on its western borders, facing Europe, it is already dawn on its eastern borders facing the Pacific.
ES: Cuando atardece en la frontera oeste, con Europa, ya está amaneciendo en la frontera este, sobre el Pacífico. Eso es Rusia.
EN: Did it ever dawn on you that perhaps I had earned my success?
ES: ¿Se te ha ocurrido que quizá me merezca mi propio éxito?
EN: Destiny does not want it to dawn on the day of our happiness.
ES: No quiera el destino que amanezca el día de nuestra felicidad.
EN: At first I thought it might be due to the loss of our child and then the truth, the awful truth, began to dawn on me.
ES: Al principio pense que se debía al dolor por la perdida de nuestro hijo. y después la verdad, la horrible verdad, empezó a surgir ante mi.
EN: At dawn on 13 th July, 13,000 ships from Africa, Britain and the USA drew near the Sicilian coast-
ES: Al alba del 13 de julio, 3.000 buques ingleses y americanos -- procedentes de África avistaban las costas sicilianas.
EN: And at dawn on May 2nd, it's spotted and attacked by the great pirogue.
ES: Y al alba del 2 de mayo, lo encuentran y lo atacan con la gran piragua.
EN: The consequences of the deed, he had just done, - began to dawn on him.
ES: Las consecuencias del acto que acababa de hacer, comenzaron a caer sobre él.
EN: They have verified my story, and the horrible truth is beginning to dawn on her.
ES: Ellos han verificado mi historia, y la horrible verdad comienza a aparecersele.
EN: So, if any who wish to go will appear at dawn on Plymouth Rock. You'd be taken aboard.
ES: Los que quieran regresar y estén al amanecer en Plymouth Rock serán llevados a bordo.

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