present participle of hide one's light under a bushel

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hide one's light under a bushel

Alternative form of better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness

Even in the face of hopelessness and discontent, it is more worthwhile to do some good, however small, in response, than to complain about the situation.

Alternative form of better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness

Alternative form of better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness

A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth. / A discharge of this kind.

Extremely fast or sudden; moving (as if) at the speed of lightning.

(impersonal, childish or nonstandard, intransitive) To produce lightning.

A firefly.