strike a light | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Tocreateaflame(using amatch,flint, etc.).1681,Nahum Tate,The History of King Lear,London: E. Flesher, Act 3, p. 36,[1]Look I have Flint and Steel, the ImplementsOf wandring Lunaticks, I’llstrike a Light,And make a Fire beneath this Shed, to dryThy Storm-drencht Garments, e’re thou Lie to rest thee;1760,Laurence Sterne, “Meditation on Tobacco”, inYorick’s Meditations‎[2], London: R. Stevens, page22: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 tostrike a light, so I must go to bed, and there dream or meditate till to-morrow.1820,Walter Scott,Ivanhoe,Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 3rd edition, 1821, Volume 2, Chapter 8, pp. 129-130,[3]While the onestruck a lightwith a flint and steel, the other disposed the charcoal in the large rusty grate which we have already mentioned, and exercised the bellows until the fuel came to a red glow.1995,Robert Harris,Enigma‎[4], New York: Random House, Chapter 1, section 3, p. 19:He took a box of matches from the mantelpiece,struck a lightand held it to the gas fire.

Examples:

EN: Quick, somebody, strike a light!
ES: - ¡Rápido, que alguien encienda una luz!
EN: I'll strike a light.
ES: Encenderé una lámpara.
EN: 'Don't come... Don't strike a light. They're waiting to shoot you down.
ES: "No salgan, no se muevan, les van a disparar, sus vidas son más valiosas que el ganado.
EN: I'll strike a light in a minute.
ES: espera! encendere una luz en un minuto.
EN: We strike a light and we look around to see how badly things are.
ES: Encendemos una luz y vemos en derredor para ver qué tan mal están las cosas
EN: Cor, strike a light!
ES: ¡Dios, vaya sorpresa!
EN: Kay. Would you strike a light?
ES: Kay. ¿Me prestas el tuyo?
EN: Oh, let's go, let's strike a light
ES: Vamos, encendamos la luz
EN: I saw them strike a light and something burning.
ES: Los vi encender el fuego y quemar algo.
EN: It's not hard, we just slosh a load of petrol round, strike a light and fucks the electrics or something.
ES: No es muy difícil, necesitamos gasolina, un mechero y a la mierda la corriente y demás.
ID: Ini mudah. Kita lumuri bensin, lalu nyalakan api. Atau pakai tegangan listrik.

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