单词 | go up in flames |
释义 | go up in flamesAlso, go up in smoke. Be utterly destroyed, as in This project will go up in flames if the designer quits, or All our work is going up in smoke. This idiom transfers a fire to other kinds of destruction. [Early 1900s] Words nearby go up in flamesGouley's catheter, go under, goundou, Gounod, go up, go up in flames, gourami, gourd, gourd cup, gourde, gourd family 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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