strike a light

Definitions

1. 1

   To create a flame (using a match, flint, etc.).

   • I must quit my subject, though much against my will, for hark, the bell sounds, my candle is burnt out, and I have not so much as a flint to strike a light, so I must go to bed, and there dream or meditate till to-morrow.
2. 2

   Expressing surprise.

   • Cor, strike a light! Did you see him jump into the river?

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