light

according to your lights in accordance with your own personal standards of morality or propriety.

the bright lights: seebright.

be light on be rather short of.

be light on your feet be quick or nimble.

go out like a light fall asleep or lose consciousness suddenly. informal

green light: seegreen.

have your name in lights: seename.

hide your light under a bushel: seehide.

in (the) light of drawing knowledge or information from; with regard to.

2013The Age (Melbourne) In the light of the story about a petition circulating I asked Mr Rudd's office if his position had changed in relation to his planned China trip.

light at the end of the tunnel a long-awaited indication that a period of hardship or adversity is nearing an end.

light a fire under someone: seefire.

light the (or a) fuse (or touchpaper) do something that creates a tense or exciting situation.

☞ The image here is of lighting a fuse attached to gunpowder, fireworks, etc. in order to cause an explosion. A touchpaper, which is used in the same way as a fuse, is a twist of paper impregnated with saltpetre to make it burn slowly.

2012Real Clear Markets As long as this mentality remains in Europe, yesterday's protests won't be the only source of instability in Europe's financial future: the [European Central Bank] itself could light the fuse.

the light of your life a much-loved person.

the lights are on but no one is at home used to refer sardonically to someone of limited mental capacity.

make light (or little) of treat as unimportant.

2014Washington Post Davidson was named as an unindicted co-conspirator by a federal grand jury, which alleged that six peace activists… had plotted to kidnap Kissinger…. Kissinger made light of the supposed scheme, joking that 'sex-starved nuns' must be after him, then apologized for his poor taste.

make light work of accomplish a task quickly and easily.

punch someone's lights out beat someone up.

see the light

1 understand or realize something after prolonged thought or doubt.

2 undergo religious conversion.

see the light of day

1 be born.

2 come into existence; be made public, visible, or available.

❷2003Screen Online He soon finds himself caught between the moguls of the textile industry and the trade unions, all equally determined that his invention never sees the light of day.

strike a light: seestrike.

sweetness and light: seesweetness.

throw (or cast or shed) light on help to explain (something) by providing further information about it.

trip the light fantastic: seetrip.