Lights are on but nobody's home??

Question

What does this mean exactly?!

Answer 1

thats funny, people say this to me all the time,,,and when I drive back home to turn my lights off, they're off,,,,,bizarre????????

Answer 2

You're conscious, but you're not really thinking about anything. This phrase is often said about airheaded people. Heraclitus, the ancient Greek philosopher, would have said these were people who are living a sleeping state. They are awake, but with no more brain power than a person who is sleeping.

Answer 3

1)That they wanted the neighbors to think that they are home, so they left the lights on!
2)Someone is awake but not aware of what's happening.

Answer 4

Someone is awake but is not very alert. Other similar phrases are "not home in the dome," and "his elevator doesn't go to the top floor."

Answer 5

It means that someone is empty-headed. They are alive and listening but they don't catch onto situations or get the point when someone explains something to them.

Answer 6

It means the person looks smart enough on the outside but when you look deeper the person isn't smart at all.

Answer 7

someone forgot to turn off the Lights

Answer 8

Same thing as his/her elevator dosen't reach all the way to the top floor, Just a little dense/dumb they are not all there.

Answer 9

It means the elevator doesn't go all the way to the top floor...

Answer 10

Shel Silverstein... Light in the Attic. You should read it. You might appreciate it.

Answer 11

Means you are spaced out