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light as a featherextremely light, having minimal weightRate it:

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better to light a single candle than to curse the darknessIn the face of bad times or hopelessness, it is more worthwhile to do some good, however small, in response than to complain about the situation.Rate it:

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light a fire underTo start sooner or move faster.Rate it:

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Light at the End of the TunnelSuccess achieved after taxing effort, to finally get the answer after prolonged researchRate it:

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light outTo seek to escape pursuit by fleeing.Rate it:

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light upTo light a cigarette, pipe, etc.Rate it:

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make a lightWhen driving, to pass a traffic light before it changes to a color that prohibits passage.Rate it:

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bring to lightTo expose or disclose something that was hidden or unknown.Rate it:

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false lightA cause of action arising under the common law where a person is portrayed in a way which, while not technically false, is misleading and likely to cause embarrassment to that person.Rate it:

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give a lightTo care.Rate it:

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hold a lightSynonym of hold a candleRate it:

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idiot lightAny warning light or indicator on the dashboard of a car, designed to alert the driver of problems, such as the parking brake being on or the oil being low.Rate it:

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in the light ofIn the illumination from.Rate it:

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leading lightAn acclaimed expert, one of the foremost experts, a luminary.Rate it:

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let there be lightUsed other than as an idiom: see let, there, be, light.Rate it:

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light in the loafersA male person of alternative lifestyle.Rate it:

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light middleweighttype of boxerRate it:

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light outTo run away.Rate it:

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light paintingThe artistic technique of moving a light source to selectively illuminate parts of the subject or scene a camera is recording (at a slow shutter speed), or to shine directly into the camera and in this way sketch.Rate it:

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light paintingCamera painting, the artistic technique of moving a camera (while it records at a low shutter speed) such that light sources appear in multiple places or as streaks in the resulting photograph, the "painting".Rate it:

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light paintingUsed other than as an idiom: see light, painting.Rate it:

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light paintingA painting created using one of these techniques.Rate it:

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light skirtAlternative spelling of lightskirtRate it:

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light upTo become light, to brighten.Rate it:

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light upTo bring light to something, to brighten.Rate it:

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make light ofTo regard without due seriousness; to joke or disregard inappropriately.Rate it:

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make light work ofThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Rate it:

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many hands make light workA large number of people co-operating can perform tasks easily.Rate it:

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Out like a LightQuickly asleep, unconscious, sleeping soundlyRate it:

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out like a lightAsleep or unconscious, particularly if this has occurred suddenly and the sleep is deep.Rate it:

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ray of lightan inspiring or enlightening person or thingRate it:

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ray of lighta path a photon or a group of photons takes through space, visible as a column of lightRate it:

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red lightA warning light, especially as a traffic signal indicating ‘stop’..Rate it:

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run a red lightTo enter a restricted area. To trespass.Rate it:

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run a red lightTo pass a political bill that is clearly based on false premises.Rate it:

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run a red lightTo claim a position that one does not rightfully earn.Rate it:

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run a red lightTo pass through the traffic light when the red light is on.Rate it:

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see the lightTo undergo a spiritual conversion.Rate it:

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see the light of dayTo appear; to be realised.Rate it:

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seeing in day lightusually also, with a surprise mark at the end of the idiom, it is a suffix or a prefix about events, which are surprising, happened or while happening, expressing the teller, astonishment.Rate it:

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shed light onTo illuminate; to make clear.Rate it:

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shed light uponIlluminate to the understanding; make intelligible; clarify or explain (something unknown).Rate it:

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strike a lightRefers to a 'red headed ' person. As a friendly greeting, to state obviously (noticing their hair colour), refers to a brand of matches ('Redheads')Rate it:

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trick of the lightIllusion due to lightRate it:

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a week is a long time in politicsIn politics, a lot of change can happen in a short space of time.Rate it:

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buy timePurposefully cause a delay to something, in order to achieve something else.Rate it:

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buying timeTo purposely cause a delay to allow you to finish something.Rate it:

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bygones be bygones, and fair play for time to comeLet all past wrongs be forgotten, with a resumption of cordial relations.Rate it:

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crunch timeTime to make a decision or act. The approach of a deadline.Rate it:

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have a good timeTo enjoy oneself.Rate it:

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