单词 | set the world on fire |
释义 | set the world on firePerform an outstanding feat and win fame, as in An ambitious man, he longed to set the world on fire with his inventions. This hyperbolic expression uses set on fire in the sense of “arouse excitement in.” Also see set on fire, def. 2. Words nearby set the world on fireset the pace, set the record straight, set the scene for, set the table, set the wheels in motion, set the world on fire, setting, setting lotion, setting rule, setting-up exercise, settle The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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