burning イディオム

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burning question

(See the burning question)

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keep the home fires burning

keep things going as usual while someone is away Don

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the burning question

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

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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.

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keep the home fires burning|burning|fire|fires|hom

v. phr. To keep things going as usual while someone is away; wait at home to welcome someone back. While John was in the army, Mary kept the home fires burning.

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ears are burning, one's

ears are burning, one's
Be disconcerted by what one hears, especially when one is being talked about. For example, Were your ears burning? Jim was telling us about your exploits. Similarly, make one's ears burn means “to embarrass,” as in Mom's stories about us as babies make my ears burn. These expressions allude to one's ears turning red from blushing.