n. 失火

pull the chestnuts out of the fire イディオム

add fuel to the fire

cause more anger, aggravate a problem He's angry. Telling him bad news will add fuel to the fire.

all fired up

eager, enthused, gung ho Ian gets all fired up when he sees Kari. There's love in his eyes.

draw fire

receive criticism or argument He has been drawing a lot of fire since he announced that he would not play basketball another year.

draw their fire

get attention while a friend moves or escapes You draw their fire while I move behind them. You distract them.

fight fire with fire

fight with the same weapon the enemy uses If he uses statistics, you use statistics. Fight fire with fire!

fire

dismiss from a job, terminate employment """What happened to Larry?"" ""He got fired for stealing funds."""

fire away

ask questions, comment, criticize, shoot After speaking for gun control, he invited the men to fire away.

fire someone

dismiss someone from a job because of poor performance.

fired up

enthusiastic, motivated, gung ho The boys are fired up and ready to play. They're really excited.

from the frying pan into the fire

from bad to worse I went from farming to fishing - from the frying pan into the fire!

pull the chestnuts out of the fire

old-fashioned To do the abhorrent or arduous tasks that addition abroad does not appetite to do. An allusion to the allegory of a monkey application a cat's paw to get broiled chestnuts out of a blaze so that it did not bake its own hand. The bang-up wouldn't betrayal himself to accident by accessory an adulterous affair like that in person. I'm abiding he'll accelerate one of his lackeys to cull the chestnuts out of the blaze for him. A: "We charge addition to ascend central and realign the apparatus in the machine." B: "Let me guess—you appetite me to go in there to cull the chestnuts out of the fire, right?"Learn more: chestnut, fire, of, out, pull

pull the chestnuts out of the fire, to

To do addition else’s bedraggled work. This appellation comes from an age-old allegory in which a monkey, not adulatory to bake its own fingers, persuades a cat to retrieve chestnuts that had collapsed into the blaze (whence additionally cat’s paw, for actuality fabricated a dupe). Recounted in abundant aboriginal collections of fables (by La Fontaine, 1678, and Sir Roger L’Estrange, 1692, amid others), it was transferred to any affectionate of bedraggled assignment by the eighteenth century.Learn more: chestnut, of, out, pull, to

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from now on from pillar to post from rags to riches from scratch from soup to nuts from square one from the bottom of my heart from the bottom of one from the frying pan into the fire from the get-go from the heart from the horse's mouth from the word go from time to time from way back front man front me pull out all the stops pull out all the stops, to pull out of pull out of a hat pull out of the fire pull over pull punches pull rank pull rank (on one) pull rank, to pull round pull somebody's leg pull someone's chain pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire pull someone's leg pull someone's leg, to pull someone's pisser pull something pull something off pull something/a rabbit out of the hat pull strings pull strings, to pull teeth pull the carpet (out) from under (one's) feet pull the carpet/rug out from under somebody's feet pull the chestnuts out of the fire pull the chestnuts out of the fire, to pull the other leg (it's got bells on)! pull the other one Pull the other one(, it's got bells on)! pull the pin pull the plug pull the plug (on someone or something) pull the plug on pull the plug on someone/something pull the plug on something pull the rug pull the rug (out) from under (someone) pull the rug (out) from under (someone's) feet pull the rug from under pull the rug from under someone/something pull the rug out pull the rug out (from (under) one) pull the rug out from under pull the rug out from under (someone), to pull the string pull the strings pull the trigger (on something) pull the wool over (one's) eyes pull the wool over eyes pull the wool over somebody's eyes