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lights noun 1 the eyes UK, 1820. 2 in poker, the chips owed by a player who bet without sufficient funds to back his bet US, 1996
idiomlightsthe bright lightstown used about the interesting and exciting events and activities that happen in big cities:We decided to leave behind the bright lights and open a little café on the coast.Nightlife is relaxed and friendly in the town, and the bright lights of Innsbruck are only a taxi ride away.the lights are on but nobody's homespoken used in order to say that someone is stupid or slightly crazy:I don't want to say that Amy's stupid, but when I talk to her, I feel like the lights are on but nobody's home."Kevin's brother's a little goofy sometimes." "Yeah, the lights are on but nobody's home."punch sb's lights out AmEAmEto hit someone very hard:One guy offered me only $70 for an original painting. I could've punched his lights out.Tina can make you angry enough to want to punch her lights out, but we all respect her too much to do that.
See:- according to (one's) own lights
- according to own lights
- according to your lights
- by (one's) lights
- gaslight
- green light
- guiding light
- have (one's) name in lights
- have your name in lights
- hide (one's) light under a bushel
- jump the light(s)
- jump the lights
- light (one's) fire
- light (something) with (something)
- light (up)on
- light out
- light the fuse
- light up
- lights out
- outen the lights
- punch (one's) lights out
- punch lights out
- punch someone’s lights out
- punch someone's lights out
- put (one's) lights out
- red light
- run a red light
- see (one's) name in lights
- shoot the lights
- shoot the lights out
- shut the lights
- stop the lights
- the bright lights
- the lights are on but no one is at home
- the lights are on but nobody's home
- The lights are on, but nobody's home
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