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[light housekeeping]  {n.},  {slang}

An arrangement in which an unmarried couple live together.

Are Joe and Sue married? — Oh, no, — it's just a case of light housekeeping.

See: [SHACK UP WITH].

[light into]

See: [LAY INTO].

[lightly]

See:

[ONCE OVER LIGHTLY] at [ONCE OVER] (2).

[lightning never strikes twice in the same place]

The same accident does not happen twice; the same person does not have the same luck again. — A proverb.

* /Billy won a pony in the contest last year, but lightning never strikes twice in the same  […]

[light on] also [light upon]  {v.}

To pick out by sight from among others; see; notice.

His eyes lighted on the cookies and he remembered how hungry he was.

[light out]  {v.},  {slang}

1. To run as fast as you can.

The boy lit out for home with the bully chasing him.

On the next pitch the runner will light out for second.

2. To go away in a hurry; leave suddenly. — Often used with "for".

* /Jack  […]

[light up]  {v.}

Suddenly to look pleased and happy.

Martha's face lit up when she saw her old friend.

[like]

See:

[EAT LIKE A BIRD],

[FEEL LIKE],

[LOOK LIKE THE CAT THAT ATE THE CANARY],

[NOTHING LIKE],

[THE LIKES OF] or [THE LIKE].

[like a bird]

See: [EAT LIKE A BIRD].

[like a book]

See: [READ ONE LIKE A BOOK].