| 单词 | like a house on fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslike a house on fire (also afire) h. Originally U.S. like a house on fire (also afire): as fast as a house would burn; very rapidly or vigorously. Frequently in to get on like a house on fire: (a) to progress rapidly and successfully; (b) (of two people) to establish quickly and maintain a very good relationship. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] on fastec1275 as greyhound (let out) of leasha1300 a good (also great, etc.) shake13.. in hastec1300 (wiþ) gret yre13.. in speeda1325 good speeda1400 on (also upon) the wing or one's wing1508 with post1569 on or upon the speed1632 on the run?1679 by the run1787 like a house on fire (also afire)1809 at the double-quick1834 with a run1834 fast and furious1851 at the double1860 at the rate of knots1892 for (or on) the (high) jump1905 like blue murder1914 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. vii. 148 At it they went, like five hundred houses on fire! 1835 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1837) 1st. Ser. xxvi. 282 Considerable stiff at first, but when he once got under way, he got on like a house a fire. 1855 Harper's Mag. June 107/2 He is a fine fellow—only wants getting a start in life, and he'd get on like a house on fire. 1939 Harper's Mag. Mar. 442/2 We ate or sold forty-five broilers and roasters, and ended up with thirty-six pullets, all laying like a house afire. 1958 M. Allingham Hide my Eyes (1985) ix. 91 He and I got on like a house on fire from the moment we met. 2005 M. Lewycka Short Hist. Tractors in Ukrainian xxv. 255 Despite being rivals in love, Pappa and Dubov get on like a house on fire. < as lemmas |
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