on fire

English

Prepositional phrase

Being burned by fire.
If the wind picks up and the flames spread, the whole town could go on fire.
(idiomatic) Achieving good results at a rapid rate.
That striker has scored four goals so far - he's on fire!

Synonyms

(being burned by fire): afire, aflame, alight, burning, flaming, going up in smoke, in flames
(rapidly achieving good results): on a roll, on a tear

Derived terms

get on like a house on fire

Translations

being burned by fire

Finnish: tulessa
French: en feu
Galician: ó lume, ao lume
German: in Brand, in Flammen (both construed with the verb stehen)

Irish: le thine
Latin: igneus (la) m
Spanish: en fuego
Swedish: i brand, brinnande (sv)

rapidly achieving good results

German: einen Lauf haben (de) (verb)
Russian: в уда́ре (v udáre)

Spanish: en fuego

Anagrams

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