shoot the lights out


this used surely to be the sign of a marksman. he would shoot out the lights by shooting the wicks of the candles in a chandelier – and the trick was to do it without touching the wax.
hence it has come to mean extreme accuracy – even in children ball games.
kevin durant in turkey 2010 basketball world championship really did shoot the lights out!

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