a light bulb goes on in (one's) head

One is suddenly struck with an ingenious or inspired idea, insight, or revelation. We spent hours trying to come up with a solution, when suddenly a light bulb went on in my head. I kept feeding him subtle hints about the truth of the matter, waiting for a light bulb to go on in his head.

See also: bulb, goes, head, light, on

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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a light bulb goes on in (one's) brain
take on (a) new significance
burst out of (somewhere or something)
take on (a) new meaning
burst (up)on the scene
burst on the scene
burst onto the scene
cut the ground from under someone
break out in tears and break in tears
cock up

词组	a light bulb goes on in (one's) head
释义	a light bulb goes on in (one's) head a light bulb goes on in (one's) head One is suddenly struck with an ingenious or inspired idea, insight, or revelation. We spent hours trying to come up with a solution, when suddenly a light bulb went on in my head. I kept feeding him subtle hints about the truth of the matter, waiting for a light bulb to go on in his head. See also: bulb, goes, head, light, on Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: a light bulb goes on in (one's) brain take on (a) new significance burst out of (somewhere or something) take on (a) new meaning burst (up)on the scene burst on the scene burst onto the scene cut the ground from under someone break out in tears and break in tears cock up
随便看	let somebody know let somebody off the hook let somebody/something go let somebody/something loose let somebody stew let someone down let someone down gently let (someone) in on the act let (someone) loose (on something) let someone off the hook let (someone or oneself) in for let (someone or something) get out let (someone or something) get out of (something) let (someone or something) go let (someone or something) into (something or some place) let (someone or something) loose let (someone or something) past let (someone or something) slip through (one's) fingers let someone stew in their own juice let (something) drop let something drop let (something) fall let something lie let (something) lie let (something) loose