burn with fire

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• play with fire — A guy with money to burn may well find a girl who wants to play with fire …   English expressions

• burn with a (low) blue flame —    American    to be very drunk    The imagery is from a dying fire, about to go out …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• if you play with fire you get burnt — The metaphorical phrase to play with fire, to tinker with something potentially dangerous, is also commonly found. Cf. 1655 H. VAUGHAN Silex Scintillans II. 15 I played with fire, did counsell spurn,..But never thought that fire would burn, Or… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• Burn — (b[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burned} (b[^u]rnd) or {Burnt} (b[^u]rnt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Burning}.] [OE. bernen, brennen, v. t., early confused with beornen, birnen, v. i., AS. b[ae]rnan, bernan, v. t., birnan, v. i.; akin to OS. brinnan,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fire dancing — (also known as, fire twirling, fire spinning, fire performance, or fire manipulation ) is a group of performance arts or disciplines that involve manipulation of objects on fire. Typically these objects have one or more bundles of wicking, which… …   Wikipedia

• fire — [fīr] n. [ME fyr < OE, akin to Ger feuer < IE base * pewōr > Gr pyra, PYRE, Czech pýř, glowing embers] 1. the active principle of burning, characterized by the heat and light of combustion 2. fuel burning in a furnace, fireplace, etc. 3 …   English World dictionary

• Fire Retardant Fabrics — are textiles that are naturally more resistant to fire than others through chemical threatment or manufactured fireproof fibers. Terminology and test limitationsThe term fire retardant as applied to organic (i.e., containing carbon) materials, is …   Wikipedia

• Burn — Burn, v. i. 1. To be of fire; to flame. The mount burned with fire. Deut. ix. 15. [1913 Webster] 2. To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat. [1913 Webster] Your meat doth burn, quoth I. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To have a condition,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fire (classical element) — Fire has been an important part of many cultures and religions, from pre history to modern day, and was vital to the development of civilization. It has been regarded in many different fashions throughout history.Greek and Roman Tradition Fire is …   Wikipedia

• Fire safety — refers to precautions that are taken to prevent or reduce the likelihood of a fire that may result in death, injury, or property damage, alert those in a structure to the presence of a fire in the event one occurs, better enable those threatened… …   Wikipedia

• fire — n Fire, conflagration, holocaust are comparable when meaning a blaze that reduces or threatens to reduce one or more buildings to ashes. Fire is the general term referable to such an event, whether it involves one or many buildings and whether it …   New Dictionary of Synonyms