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Human traffic lights 

A flashing device fitted to a pole near passport control units in airports, land border crossings, and sea ports, which halts illegal human traffic.

Implemented by government agencies, such as the UK Home Office, as a result of national immigration policy.
The large articulated lorry, with a container full of illegal north Korean immigrant labour, was forced to wait at some human traffic lights at Dover passport control when they showed red.

douse the lights 

To put out, or extinguish, a fire or a light.
Just stay where I can see you.
Douse the lights!
We sure are in for a show tonight

-Panic! At the Disco

better with the lights off

1. "In possession of a such a great personality that not being distracted by your beauty makes you even more beautiful."

2. "Ugly, but really good at sex in the dark."

3. "I hope you don't mind but I have a hangup about having sex with the lights on. Can I turn out the lights so I can fantasize that you're a different girl?"

4. "I really don't care how you look right now. Let's do it."
Girl, don't take this the wrong way, but you look better with the lights off...
better with the lights off by Stahrk December 26, 2011

hanging lights 

around Christmas (or any time for that matter), when you use this as an excuse/another name for sex or anything of that sort.
"Dude, that girl's so hot, I'd like to hang her lights."
"So I went to this party and walked in on this guy and girl. She was all up on him, hanging his lights."
"Hey honey, wanna hang lights?"
"My girlfriend has the best lights...I hang them every day."
"I bet SHE can hang some mean lights."
"Last night I got my lights hung. It was amazing."
"My parents caught us hanging lights"
hanging lights by mimiboggle December 28, 2009

four lights 

The number of lights that there are, as opposed to five lights. From Star Trek: The Next Generation and also a well-known meme.
"How many lights are there?"

"There... are... four lights!"
four lights by Sajak July 25, 2017

electric lights 

Back-woodsy way of saying electrolytes
The doctor said my electric lights were low and I need to take a potassium supplement.
electric lights by wolfbait51 March 23, 2011