Talk:lights
Latest comment: 4 years ago by -sche in topic Lungs and lights
Lungs and lights edit
If lights means "lungs", how can he say "lungs and lights"?? This is the etymology I've always heard for "punch your lights out", but now I'm suspicious. —Soap— 03:19, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- Since the lungs were called "lights" because they are light organs. It's possible that in Spenser's day the term encompassed other light organs, or he's just being redundant. - -sche (discuss) 05:00, 14 March 2020 (UTC)