When the DJ announced a contest, the phones 'lit up'. [=the lights on the phones lit up because many people were calling]
His eyes/face 'lit up' [=he looked very happy and pleased] when she walked in the room.
He 'lit into' his employees for their sloppy work. [=he criticized them very harshly]
(..) One gets carried in a basket, the other gets buried in a casket! Ready for one more? Last one. What's the difference between a first-year lit major and my mother, Beatrice Horseman? One is decently read, and the other's a huge bitch! Might have gone a little too far with that one. (..)2018 TvShow: BoJack Horseman Title: Free Churro Season: 5 Episode 6