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go up in flames |
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go up in flames and go up in smoke 1. Lit. to burn up completely. The entire forest went up in flames! The expensive house went up in smoke. 2. Fig. [for value or investment] to be lost suddenly and totally. Everything we own has gone up in flames with the stock crash. The entire investment went up in smoke. go up in flames to fail or come to an end suddenly and completely Final hopes of a pay settlement went up in flames yesterday after talks broke down. See fan the flames, shoot down in flamesHow to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A sudden melancholy strikes you from nowhere as the paean of leaves majestically swells: is it your youth that's fleeing, winter approaching, or are you falling with the fall of nature, feeling your limbs go up in flames, your hair caught in this milky spray that drowns the heart? The NATO troops stayed in their barracks watching buildings just a few hundred meters from their base go up in flames. By year's end, another 5 million acres would go up in flames. |
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