Sens: acetylene burner

brûleur à acétylène (brûleur fait à partir de gaz acétylène)

burn Idiome

a barnburner

an exciting game, a cliff-hanger When the Flames play the Oilers it's a barnburner - a great game.

barnburner

(See a barnburner)

burn a hole in one

money that you want to spend quickly I just got paid today and this money is burning a hole in my pocket.

burn a hole in your pocket

feel that you have to spend your money If money burns a hole in your pocket, invest it.

burn down

burn completely (usually used for buildings) The neighbor

burn it in

throw the ball hard to the catcher, fastball My hand hurts when you throw so hard. Don't burn it in, eh.

burn one

do something that makes going back impossible He burned his bridges behind him and is unable to work in the same industry again.learn caution through an umpleasant experience My father burned his fingers on the stock market and doesn't want to invest money there again.

burn out

use too much emotional energy, breakdown Working too hard can cause a person to burn out.

burn the candle at both ends

work or play too hard without enough rest He has been burning the candle at both ends with his work and his studies. That is why he became sick.

burn the midnight oil

study/work all night or until very, very late at night.

burn up

become angry, lose your cool The coach was burned up when I got a penalty for holding.

burn your ass

bother you, irritate you, bug you You know what burns my ass? Doing my income tax.

burn your bridges

resign without notice, leave no way to return He can't return to the company. He's burned his bridges.

burned

convicted or punished while involved in crime Tony got burned when he was a drug dealer. He went to jail.

burning question

(See the burning question)

get burned

be caught, get blamed, get into trouble I got burned for helping Bev with her divorce. They blamed me.

keep the home fires burning

keep things going as usual while someone is away Don

money to burn

lots of money, filthy rich They've got money to burn, so why do they drive that old car?

on the back burner

to be done later, not as important The playground project is on the back burner until next spring.

power to burn

very powerful, lots of horsepower That old Chev has a 454 motor. It has power to burn.

slash and burn

reduce and cut programs without care or mercy To save money, the Government used slash-and-burn policies.

the burning question

the main question, what we all want to know Who drove the car into the lake? That's the burning question.

burn

1. to smoke marijuana:"It's 420. Let's go burn"
2. to cook well:"That girl is burnin'; she's going to be a master chef!"

burn powder

to fire a gun

burn rubber

to depart quickly; derived from burning tyre rubber from excessive acceleration with a motor vehicle

burner

1. a large piece of graffiti involving many colors, making it bright and colorful; it usually refers to whole-car productions on subways
2. a gun

burnin'

infected with a sexually transmitted disease

burnips

very cold

burn away

continue burning 不断地燃烧
The forest fire burned away for days．森林大火一连烧了好多天。

slow burn

a slowly increasing feeling of anger 渐渐的发怒
The boys kept teasing John，and watched him do a slow burn．男孩们一直戏弄约翰，看他逐渐愤怒起来。
Her slow burn ended when I explained everything that led to the misundersanding．我讲明误会的来由后，她脸上的愠色渐渐退去。

Money burns a hole in one's pocket

Idiom(s): Money burns a hole in one's pocket

Theme: MONEY

someone spends as much money as possible. (Informal.)
• Sally can't seem to save anything. Money burns a hole in her pocket.
• If money burns a hole in your pocket, you never have any for emergencies.

have money to burn

Idiom(s): have money to burn

Theme: MONEY

to have lots of money; to have more money than one needs.
• Look at the way Tom buys things. You'd think he had money to burn.
• If I had money to burn, I'd just put it in the bank.

get one's fingers burned

Idiom(s): get one's fingers burned

Theme: EXPERIENCE

to have a bad experience.
• I had my fingers burned the last time I did this.
• I tried that once before and got my fingers burned. I wont try it again.
• If you go swimming and get your fingers burned, you wont want to swim again.

fiddle while Rome burns

Idiom(s): fiddle while Rome burns

Theme: IGNORE

to do nothing or something trivial while something disastrous happens. (From a legend that the emperor Nero played the lyre while Rome was burning.)
• The lobbyists don't seem to be doing anything to stop this tax bill. They're fiddling while Rome burns.
• The doctor should have sent for an ambulance right away instead of examining the woman. In fact, he was just fiddling while Rome burned.

crash and burn

Idiom(s): crash and burn

Theme: EXTRAVAGANCE

to fail spectacularly. (Also literal, as with a car or a plane. Fixed order.)
• Poor Chuck really crashed and burned when he made his presentation at the sales meeting.
• Mary just knew that the whole project would crash and burn if she didn't keep a close watch on it.

burned up

Idiom(s): burned up

Theme: ANGER

very angry.
• I've never been so burned up in my life.
• I'm really burned up at Bob.

burned to a cinder

Idiom(s): burned to a cinder

Theme: HARM

burned very badly. (Not necessarily literal.)
• I stayed out in the sun too long, and I am burned to a cinder.
• This toast is burnt to a cinder.

burn with a low blue flame

Idiom(s): burn with a low blue flame

Theme: ANGER

to be very angry. (Refers to the imaginary heat caused by extreme anger.)
• By the time she showed up three hours late, I was burning with a low blue flame.
• Whenever Ann gets mad, she just presses her lips together and burns with a low blue flame.

burn to a crisp

Idiom(s): burn sb or sth to a crisp

Theme: DESTRUCTION

to burn someone or something totally or very badly.
• The flames burned him to a crisp.
• The cook burned the meat to a crisp.

burn one's bridges in front of one

Idiom(s): burn one's bridges in front of one

Theme: LIMITATION

to create future problems for oneself.
• I made a mistake again. I always seem to burn my bridges in front of me.
• I accidently insulted a math teacher whom I will have to take a course from next semester. I am burning my bridges in front of me.

burn one's bridges behind one

Idiom(s): burn one's bridges (behind one)

Theme: LIMITATION

to make decisions that cannot be changed in the future.
• If you drop out of school now, you'll be burning your bridges behind you.
• You're too young to burn your bridges that way.

burn sb up

Idiom(s): burn sb up

Theme: INCITE - ANGER

to make someone very angry. (Informal.)
• People like that just burn me up!
• It burns me up to hear you talk that way.
• His answers really burned up the committee members.

burn sb at the stake

Idiom(s): burn sb at the stake

Theme: PUNISHMENT

to set fire to a person tied to a post (as a form of execution).
• They used to burn witches at the stake.
• Look, officer, I only ran a stop sign. What are you going to do, burn me at the stake?

burn oneself out

Idiom(s): burn (oneself) out

Theme: EXHAUSTION

to do something so long and so intensely that one gets sick and tired of doing it.
• I burned myself out as an opera singer. I just cannot do it anymore.
• Tom burned himself out playing golf. He can't stand it anymore.
• Tom burned out too young.

put sth on the back burner

Idiom(s): put something on ice AND put something on the back burner

Theme: DELAY

to delay or postpone something; to put something on hold. (Informal.)
• I'm afraid that we'll have to put your project on ice for a while.
• Just put your idea on ice and keep it there till we get some money.

A burnt child dreads the fire.

A bad experience will make people stay away from certain things.

He who plays with fire gets burnt.

If you behave in a risky way, you are likely to have problems.

Back burner

If an issue is on the back burner, it is being given low priority.

Burn your fingers

If you burn your fingers, you suffer a loss or something unpleasant as the result of something you did, making you less likely to do it again.

Make bets in a burning house

(USA) If people are making bets in a burning house, they are engaged in futile activity while serious problems around them are getting worse.