on fire
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“That’s what my mom calls our house whenever someone wanders in with their lives on fire. It’s a joke we say when she boots me to the couch.”
From Literature
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But the shack, which had moments ago been engulfed in flames, was suddenly not on fire at all.
From Literature
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But the longer between intervals where there’s a spark that sets it on fire, the more that accumulates.”
From MarketWatch
"Needless to say the group chat was on fire that day," Coles said.
From BBC
“I think it would set their hair on fire,” Linda said, full of glee at the idea.
From Salon
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