AFI Idiom, Proverb
like a house afire
Idiom(s): like a house on fire AND like a house afireTheme: SPEED
rapidly and with force. (Folksy.)
• The truck came roaring down the road like a house on fire.
• The crowd burst through the gate like a house afire.
far afield|afield|far
adj. phr. Remote; far from the original starting point. When we started to discuss theology. Jack was obviously getting far afield from the subject at hand.far afield
far afieldWide-ranging, at a distance, as in I started out identifying wild mushrooms, but since then I've gone far afield in other branches of botany. [c. 1400]
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