tire fire

English

Alternative forms

• tire-fire

Pronunciation

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Noun

tire fire (plural tire fires)

1. (chiefly US, idiomatic, usually sports) A disaster; a chaotic person, thing, or situation.
   • 2014 Dec. 19, "NHL: Oilers lose AHL affiliate Oklahoma City Barons due to attendance issues," Sports Illustrated (retrieved 10 Feb 2017):

     As the tire fire that is the Edmonton Oilers rages on, their AHL affiliate is going through a worse ordeal.

   • 2016 May 18, Kraemer_17, "Listless Blue Jays Embarrassed for 2nd Night," BluebirdBanter.com (retrieved 10 Feb 2017):

     The Reds pitching staff is a tire fire.

   • 2016 Nov. 18, David White, "Pro Football: Who We Think Will Win in Week 11," New York Times (retrieved 10 Feb 2017):

     The Browns . . . threw three quarterbacks into the tire fire against Baltimore last week.

   • 2017 Jan. 26, Jay Willis, "Donald Trump Is Making Shameless Equivocation the Dominant Form of Political Discourse," GQ (retrieved 10 Feb 2017):

     During his hourlong tire fire of an interview . . . the sheer volume of breathtaking lies flippantly uttered by President Trump made it legitimately difficult to decide which one of them posed the most direct threat to American democracy.

See also

• dumpster fire

Anagrams

• terrifie