Nov 10, 2014 · The cartwheels, in the true gymnastic sense, may not be literal - the light fandango they were skipping may have just been some serious arm-waving & swaying whilst barely …

Jan 10, 2015 · In the light of the full moon, the lake looked magical, like something out of a dream. In light of the full moon falling on Tuesday, we've moved our nighttime treasure hunt to …

May 21, 2015 · Imagine you are in a dark room, and you need to see something. Someone in the room has a flashlight. You might say, "Shine the light over here, so I can see what I'm doing." …

The idea behind the expression "bring to the light" or "come to light" is that prior to this the thing in question was "in the darkness". Darkness is often used as a metaphor for a place of hiding, so …

Sometimes light bulbs do shatter when they fail. In that case it would be more appropriate to say the bulb has blown. When light bulbs shatter as the failure mode then there has probably been …

In the common tongue, "heat" and "light" are conceived as related but distinct things, e.g., "an explanation that gives more heat than light." To the average speaker, you do not dry clothes …

Jun 18, 2014 · "Appetizers" are generally understood to mean the light food before a meal (though in the context of a banquet where the snacks in OP's picture do actually precede a meal, I …

Aug 13, 2015 · Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our …

Dec 14, 2017 · It is true that "small" is not used with uncountable nouns. Even with countable nouns, you would use "few" instead if you want to say that there were not very many, because …

I believe the lights, in this case, refer to street lamps that light areas at night (this can serve as both a security measure and a safety measure). Sometimes, street lamps stay on all night, …