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aslanysm
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Confused!
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Hi all! Yesterday I and my students had a discussion about an idion which is �to be on fire�. I taught it a few days ago but the problem is I wasn�t aware that it had another meaning like being very attravtive actually just like I am hot. You know it also means to be very good at something. Does it sound weird if I say it to a native speaker? Or which meaning is more common?
Thanks a lot
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30 Oct 2014
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buzzingbee
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hi!
I looked it up in the Collins dictionary. This does not work.
It is not like hot, sexy. but Ardent, eager to do things. Meaning number 3 makes me think about sports and athletes.
Here are the three meanings:
- in a state of ignition
- ardent or eager
- (informal) playing or performing at the height of one �s abilities.
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30 Oct 2014
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ELOJOLIE274
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here �s what I found
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=I%27m%20on%20fire
a phrase that can be used in two ways
1). If you �re on a winning roll in a game
2). You �re literally on fire
1). Got on a winning streak on poker i �m on fire tonight lad 2). HELP! somebody help. I �M ON FIRE!!!
A term that people use when someone is doing great and they are unable to be stopped.
Man, that dude is on fire
pants on fire http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=my%20pants%20are%20on%20fire
1. to lie so badly that, theoretically your pants will burst into
flames. popularized by the kindergarten chant, "liar liar pants on
fire!".
2. to be painfully gay.
so then i told her i �m puff daddy �s personal coke tender, and she bought
it. i �m surprised my pants didn �t catch fire on the spot.
a very serious, often life threatening condition that occurs when a guy/girl is so horny they �ll fuck anything in sight.
call the fire department! i haven �t had sex for over a month, and my pants are on fire!
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30 Oct 2014
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douglas
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Elo�s "term that people use when someone is doing great and they are unable to be stopped"
probably describes it the best.
The confusion, I think, is when people say: "She�s so hot, she�s on fire." which is actually just a play on the "she�s hot" idiom.
Saying "she�s on fire" often implies attractive these days, but that is not really correct use of the idiom.
Languages change though, so listen to the children I say.
Note: personally, I have also seen this idiom used when refering to someone being extremely enthusiastic about something. |
30 Oct 2014
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