on fire

English

Prepositional phrase

on fire

1. Being burned by fire.
2. (idiomatic, informal) Achieving good results at a rapid rate.

   That striker has scored four goals so far - he's on fire!

Synonyms

• (being burned by fire): afire, aflame, burning, flaming, going up in smoke, in flames
• (idiomatic):

Derived terms

• get on like a house on fire

Translations

being burned by fire

• Finnish: tulessa (fi)
• French: en feu

• Swedish: i brand (sv)

idiomatic