THE LIGHTS ARE ON BUT NOBODY'S HOME

Meaning of THE LIGHTS ARE ON BUT NOBODY'S HOME in English

expression suggesting and implying that a person is stupid (Slang)

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

THE LIGHTS ARE ON BUT NOBODY'S HOME — ( saying , humorous ) used to describe sb who is stupid, not thinking clearly or not paying attention
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THE LIGHTS ARE ON BUT NOBODY'S HOME — the eyes are open but lifeless, not all there """Hello! Hello, Pat! His lights are on but nobody's home. Ha …
English Idioms vocab
THE LIGHTS ARE ON BUT NOBODY'S HOME — the eyes are open but lifeless, not all there "Hello! Hello, Pat! His lights are on but nobody's home. Ha …
English Idioms vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIGHTS — (lungs) pulmones
English interlingue dictionary
LIGHTS — suga
English-Visayan vocabulary
LIGHTS — noun plural Etymology: Middle English lightes, from light light in weight Date: 12th century the lungs especially of a slaughtered …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOME — I. ˈhōm, dial with vowel ˈə or a vowel approaching it noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English hoom, hom, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUT — I. (ˈ)bət, usu -əd.+V conjunction Etymology: Middle English, conjunction & preposition, from Old English būtan, būte, conjunction & preposition, without, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ARE — I. Etymology: Middle English are, arne, from Old English aron, earun; akin to Old Norse eru (they) are, erum (we) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIGHTS — ˈlīts noun plural Etymology: Middle English lihte, lihtes, lightes, from liht, light, adjective, light (not heavy) — more at light …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIGHTS — (n. pl.) The lungs of an animal or bird; -- sometimes coarsely applied to the lungs of a human being.
Английский словарь Webster
LIGHTS — ( n. pl. ) The lungs of an animal or bird; -- sometimes coarsely applied to the lungs of a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NOBODY — /noh"bod'ee, -bud'ee, -beuh dee/ , pron., n., pl. nobodies . pron. 1. no person; not anyone; no one: Nobody answered, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGHTS — /luyts/ , n.pl. the lungs, esp. of sheep, pigs, etc. [ 1150-1200; ME lihte, lightes, n. use of liht LIGHT …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOME — /hohm/ , n., adj., adv., v., homed, homing . n. 1. a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUT — but 1 /but/ ; unstressed /beuht/ , conj. 1. on the contrary; yet: My brother went, but I did not. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ARE — are 1 /ahr/ ; unstressed /euhr/ , v. pres. indic. pl. and 2nd pers. sing. of be . [ bef. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGHTS — n. lungs of an animal (especially of a sheep or pig); set of personal principles or standards
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HOME — I. ˈhōm noun Etymology: Middle English hom, from Old English hām village, home; akin to Old High German heim home, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIGHTS — noun plural Etymology: Middle English lightes, from light light in weight Date: 12th century : the lungs especially of a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NOBODY — noun no person; no one; not anybody. 2. nobody ·noun a person of no influence or importance; an insignificant or …
Webster English vocab
LIGHTS — noun ·pl the lungs of an animal or bird; sometimes coarsely applied to the lungs of a human being.
Webster English vocab
HOME — adv close; closely. 2. home ·noun ·see homelyn. 3. home ·noun the home base; he started for home. 4. home …
Webster English vocab
BUT — noun a limit; a boundary. 2. but ·vt a thrust in fencing. 3. but ·vi ·see butt, ·v, and abut, …
Webster English vocab
ARE — noun the unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each side is ten meters in length; 100 square …
Webster English vocab
LIGHTS — ~ ■ plural noun the lungs of sheep, pigs, or bullocks as food for pets. Phrases punch someone's ~ out …
Concise Oxford English vocab
NOBODY — [no.body] pron (14c): no person: not anybody [2]nobody n, pl no.bod.ies (1581): a person of no influence or consequence
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIGHTS — [lights] n pl [ME lightes, fr. light light in weight] (12c): the lungs esp. of a slaughtered animal
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOME — [home] n [ME hom, fr. OE ham village, home; akin to OHG heim home] (bef. 12c) 1 a: one's place …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ARE — [are] [ME, fr. OE earun; akin to ON eru, erum are, OE is is] pres 2d sing or pres pl …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOME — home BrE AmE həʊm AmE hoʊm ▷ homed həʊmd AmE hoʊmd ▷ homes həʊmz AmE hoʊmz ▷ homing ˈhəʊm ɪŋ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ARE — I are verb from be, strong form BrE AmE ɑː AmE ɑːr , weak form ə AmE ə r II …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NOBODY — / ˈnəʊbədi; NAmE ˈnoʊ-/ pronoun , noun ■ pronoun = no one : Nobody knew what to say. HELP NOTE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOME — / həʊm; NAmE hoʊm/ noun , adjective , adverb , verb ■ noun HOUSE, etc. 1. [ C , U …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOBODY — I. no ‧ bod ‧ y 1 S1 W2 /ˈnəʊbədi $ ˈnoʊbɑːdi, -bədi/ BrE AmE pronoun 1 . no one: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOME — I. home 1 S1 W1 /həʊm $ hoʊm/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ homeless , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BUT — I. but 1 S1 W1 /bət; strong bʌt/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: butan 'outside, without, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOBODY — pron. & n. --pron. no person. --n. (pl. -ies) a person of no importance, authority, or position. ølike nobody's business …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIGHTS — n.pl. the lungs of sheep, pigs, bullocks, etc., used as a food esp. for pets. [ME, noun use of LIGHT(2): …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOME — n., adj., adv., & v. --n. 1 a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NOBODY — pron. & n. pron. no person. n. (pl. -ies) a person of no importance, authority, or position. like nobody's business …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIGHTS — n.pl. the lungs of sheep, pigs, bullocks, etc., used as a food esp. for pets. [ ME, noun use of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOME — n., adj., adv., & v. n. 1 a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BUT — conj., prep., adv., pron., n., & v. conj. 1 a nevertheless, however (tried hard but did not succeed; I am …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NOBODY — pron. & n. --pron. no person. --n. (pl. -ies) a person of no importance, authority, or position. Phrases and idioms: …
Oxford English vocab
LIGHTS — n.pl. the lungs of sheep, pigs, bullocks, etc., used as a food esp. for pets. Etymology: ME, noun use of …
Oxford English vocab
HOME — n., adj., adv., & v. --n. 1. a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or …
Oxford English vocab
BUT — 1.conj., prep., adv., pron., n., & v. --conj. 1. a nevertheless, however (tried hard but did not succeed; I am …
Oxford English vocab
HOME — I. NOUN, ADJECTIVE, AND ADVERB USES /hoʊm/ ( homes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOBODY — ( nobodies) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Nobody means not a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use but to introduce something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ARE — Are is the plural and the second person singular of the present tense of the verb be . Are is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOBODY — (nobodies) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Nobody means not a single …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ARE — Are is the plural and the second person singular of the present tense of the verb be . Are is …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
NOBODY — I. pronoun PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES be no/nobody's fool ▪ Perhaps he was, she was nobody's fool . it's an …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOME — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a home birth (= when a woman gives birth at home, not in a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUT — I. conjunction COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bloody but unbowed ▪ After the fight, Ali was bloody but unbowed . But …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ARE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NOBODY — [pronoun], [noun] [C] - no one, see at no (NOT ANY)Is there nobody here who can answer my question?We walked …
Cambridge English vocab

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