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 # What I tell you in the darkness, say in the daylight
 
-Here "darkness" is a metonym for "night" which is a metonym for "private." Here "daylight" is a metonym for "public." Alternate translation: "What I tell you privately at night, say in public in the daylight" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+ "What I tell you at night, say in the daylight"
 
 # what you hear softly in your ear
 
-This is a way of referring to whispering. Alternate translation: "what I whisper to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
+"what I whisper to you" or "what I say to you privately"
 
 # proclaim upon the housetops
 
-Housetops where Jesus lived were flat, and people far away could hear anyone speaking with a loud voice from one. Here "housetops" refers to any place where all people can hear. Alternate translation: "speak loudly in a public place for all to hear" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+Housetops where Jesus lived were flat, and people far away could hear anyone speaking with a loud voice from one. Here "housetops" refers to any place where all people can hear. Alternate translation: "speak loudly in a public place"