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

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ray of lightan inspiring or enlightening person or thingRate 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 pass through the traffic light when the red light is on.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 a political bill that is clearly based on false premises.Rate it:

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run a red lightTo enter a restricted area. To trespass.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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stand in one's own lightTo take a position which is harmful to one's own interests.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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add fuel to the fireTo worsen a conflict between people; to inflame an already tense situation.Rate it:

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baptism by fireA change in initial attitude or ideals through a traumatic situation.Rate it:

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escape fireA fuel-free safe spot, consisting of burning grass as a method of defense against a forest fire.Rate it:

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fire-breathingThat emits flame from the mouth or nostrils.Rate it:

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get on like a house on fireTo immediately start a good relationship with someoneRate it:

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pull out of the fireTo save from impending failure, destruction, or defeat.Rate it:

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set the thames on fireTo achieve something amazing; to do something which brings great public acclaim.Rate it:

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there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnaceEven if a person is in his or her senior years, with gray hair, he or she can still have ambition and energy, especially sexual energy.Rate it:

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where's the fireWhat's the big rush?Rate it:

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fire upTo excite; to infuse with energy.Rate it:

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hell, fire and brimstonehorror and destructionRate it:

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fire offTo write a note or letter quickly.Rate it:

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fire awayTo begin to talk or present information quickly.Rate it:

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fire upTo ignite.Rate it:

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fire upTo start.Rate it:

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fire at willFire when ready. A command that allows troops to use weapons at their discretion and choose their own targets, allowing the individual soldier a greater freedom of timing the shot with target movement and similar.Rate it:

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fire-breathingcaustic, vitriolic or scathingRate it:

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hold your fireWait, don't retaliate, calm down, be quiet.Rate it:

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fire offTo ask an unexpected question rapidly.Rate it:

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a fresh fucked fox in a forest fireSomething which is extremely hot, in any sense. Hot weather, sexual arousal, one who is wanted by the police, etc. are all described as "hotter than..." or "as hot as a fresh fucked fox in a forest fire",Rate it:

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baptism of fireThe first experience of a severe ordeal, especially a first experience of military combatRate it:

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fire awayTo begin shooting at an enemy.Rate it:

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pull someone's bacon out of the fireTo rescue someone, especially at the last moment.Rate it:

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fire-breathingThat shoots fire from the mouth or nostrilsRate it:

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