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on fire 1. Lit. burning; being burned with flames. Help! My car is on fire! That house on the corner is on fire! 2. Sl. very attractive or sexy. She is really on fire! Look at those jet-set people! Each one of them is just on fire. 3. Fig. Inf. doing very well; very enthusiastic. Jill's new book is really on fire. Everyone is buying it. Fred is on fire in his new job. He'll get promoted in no time. See also: fire How 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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The hussars had succeeded in setting it on fire and the French batteries were now firing at them, no longer to hinder them but because the guns were trained and there was someone to fire at. A brown spotted lady-bug climbed the dizzy height of a grass blade, and Tom bent down close to it and said, "Lady-bug, lady-bug, fly away home, your house is on fire, your children's alone," and she took wing and went off to see about it -- which did not surprise the boy, for he knew of old that this insect was credulous about conflagrations, and he had practised upon its simplicity more than once. Then I perceived this was a wrecked train, the fore part smashed and on fire, the hinder carriages still upon the rails. |
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