English Puzzle

Словосочетания со словом fire. Страница два

cross fire
crossfire
Firing in a fight or battle from two or more places at once so that the lines of fire cross.
The soldiers on the bridge were caught in the crossfire coming from both sides of the bridge.
Fast or angry talking back and forth between two or more people; also, a dispute; a quarrel.
The principal and the graduates quarreled about the football team, and the coach was caught in the cross fire and lost his job.
There was a cross fire of excited questions and answers between the parents and the children who had been lost in the woods.
draw fire
To attract or provoke shooting; be a target.
The general's white horse drew the enemy's fire.
To bring criticism or argument; make people say bad things about you.
Having the newest car in your group is sure to draw fire.
draw off
draw the fire of
To drain away; deflect.
A light flanking attack was made in order to draw off the enemy's fire.
fat is in the fire
Something has happened that will cause trouble or make a bad situation worse.
He found out you took it? Well, the fat's in the fire now.
fight fire with fire
To fight back in the same way one was attacked; make a defense similar to the attack.
Давать отпор тем же способом, которым на тебя напали; защищаться так же, как и при нападении.
The candidate was determined to fight fire with fire in the debate.
Кандидат был полон решимости вышибать клин клином в дебатах.
When the competitor started lowering their prices to attract customers, we decided to fight fire with fire and launched a promotional discount of our own.
Когда конкурент начал снижать цены, чтобы привлечь клиентов, мы решили бороться клином с клином и запустили собственную акцию со скидками.
When the trolls began attacking her online, she felt that the best way to handle it was to fight fire with fire and started calling out their behavior publicly.
Когда тролли начали нападать на нее в Интернете, она решила, что лучший способ справиться с этим — вышибать клин клином, и начала публично критиковать их поведение.
firebug
An arsonist; one who willfully sets fire to property.
The police caught the firebug just as he was about to set another barn ablaze in the country.
get on like a house on fire
Сблизиться; крепко подружиться.
It was a perfect marriage. They got on like a house on fire.
Это был идеальный брак. Они жили душа в душу.
hang fire
To fail or be slow in shooting or firing.
Smith pulled the trigger, but the gun hung fire and the deer escaped.
To be slow in beginning; to be delayed; to wait.
The boys' plans for organizing a scout troop hung fire because they could not find a man to be scoutmaster.