light-fingered
lightfingered
Given to stealing; having a tendency to be dishonest or a kleptomaniac.
I always suspected that Freddie might be lightfingered and my suspicions were confirmed when he was arrested for shoplifting.
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 place.
make light of
To treat an important matter as if it were trivial.
One ought to know which problems to make light of and which ones to handle seriously.
many hands make light work
If many people work together, even a hard job becomes easier. A proverb.
Come on boys, many hands make light work. If we work together, we can finish painting the barn.
once-over-lightly
A quick or careless job, especially of cleaning or straightening; work done hastily for now.
Ann gave her room a quick once-over-lightty with the broom and dust cloth.
out like a light
Fast asleep; to sleep very quickly.
Крепко спать, "спать как убитый", быстро заснуть.
Tom got so much fresh air and exercise that he went out like a light as soon as he lay down.
As soon as the lights were turned off, Johnny was out like a light.
He is out like a light.
Он спит как убитый.
In a faint; unconscious.
Johnny was hit by a ball and went out like a light.
After she read that Tom had married another girl Jean was out like a light for several minutes.
red-light district
A district of brothels or where prostitutes hang out.
Most unwisely, the young sailor decided to spend his leave on shore by haunting the red-light districts of the port of call.
scare out of one's wits
scare stiff
scare the daylights out of
frightened out of one's wits
To frighten very much.
The owl's hooting scared him out of his wits.
The child was scared stiff in the dentist's chair.
Pete's ghost story scared the daylights out of the smaller boys.