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This week we take up fire, the last of the elements. Baptism by fire: a very difficult first experience of something. For my first play with the theatre group I was required to rehearse from daybreak till well into the night. It was baptism by fire. Add fuel to the fire: make an argument or a bad situation worse. As it is my mother was mad at me for not studying enough and my sister added fuel to the fire by telling her that I had got poor marks in my exams. Breathe fire: be very angry about something. The principle of the college was breathing fire over the mass bunk by the students. Come under fire: be criticised. Atal Behari Vajapyee's recent statements against Narendra Modi came under fire from the RSS. Fight fire with fire: attack someone with a lot of force because they are attacking you with force. In the face of prosecution by the government, the anti-dam activists had to fight fire with fire by forming a political party of their own. Fire a shot across someone's/the bows: do something to warn someone that you will take strong action if they do not change their behaviour. The doctors have fired a shot across the hospital administration's bows by threatening to strike work if their working hours are not reduced. A fire in your belly: a strong desire to achieve something. Arun is not as academically inclined as the other students in my class, but he has a fire in his belly and I can bet he will do well in life. Get on like a house on fire: like someone very much and become friends very quickly. Radha and I have got on like a house on fire from the time we met and now she is my closest friend. (Reference: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms) |
