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A big
shot
Add fuel to the flames
Air
shot
All
fired
up and ready to go
All guns blazing
All
hot
and bothered
Arouse
suspicion
As black as
coal
As
hot
as Hades
As
hot
as blue blazes
As useless as a chocolate fireguard
At the end of a
gun
Ball of fire
Baptism of fire
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Bernie, the bolt ( A catchphrase from The Golden
Shot
)
Big
Shot
Becky ( Nickname of basketball player Becky Hammon )
Big
Shot
Bob ( Nickname of basketball player Robert Horry )
Big
shot
Blaze
a trail
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Blaze
away at
Blow
hot
and cold
Bonfire Night
Booster
shot
Breathe fire
Burn
After Reading ( George Clooney movie )
Burn
a hole in your pocket
Burn
in hell
Burn
rubber
Burn
the candle at both ends
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Burn
the midnight oil
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Burn
up the track
Burn
with curiosity
Burn
your boats
Burn
your bra
Burn
your bridges
Burn
your fingers
Burn
yourself out
Burned at the stake
Burning Down The House ( Talking Heads song )
Burning issue
Burnt to a ashes
Burnt to a cinder
Burnt to a crisp
C'mon Colman's, light my fire ( Colman's Mustard advertising slogan )
Cat On A
Hot
Tin Roof ( play by Tennesee Williams and Elizabeth Taylor movie )
Catch fire
Chase the
dragon
Cheap
shot
Chew a
gun
Chinese
burn
Chinese fire drill
Come On Baby Light My Fire ( The Doors song )
Come home to a real fire (
Coal
Board advertising slogan )
Crash and
burn
Crazy
Gun
Barney ( Nickname of Barney Fife ( Don Knotts ) )
Don't
burn
your bridges behind you
Don't
shoot
the messenger
Don't
shoot
the piano player
Don't
shoot
until you can see the whites of their eyes
Double, double toil and trouble, fire
burn
and cauldron bubble
Dragon
Slayer ( Nickname of baseball player Josh Fogg )
Draw someone's fire
Drop It Like It's
Hot
( Snoop Dogg song )
Drop it like a
hot
potato
Energy to
burn
Feel the
burn
Fight fire with fire
Fire And Rain ( James Taylor song )
Fire Sale
Fire and brimstone
Fire away
Fire down below
Fire engine red
Fire in the hole
Fire in your belly
Fire storm
Fire the imagination ( inspire with enthusiasm )
Fire up the Quattro ( A catchphrase from Gene Glenister In Ashes To Ashes )
Fired
up
Firing
blanks
Firing
on all cylinders
Flash in the pan
Friendly fire
Full of bull ( talking
hot
air )
Get into
hot
water
Get on like a house on fire
Get
shot
of
Get the
sack
Give it the
gun
Give it your best
shot
Glow
Little Glow-worm ( children's nursery rhyme )
Glow
with health
Go out in a
blaze
of glory
Go through fire and water for
Grate
on the ear
Great Balls Of Fire ( Jerry Lee Lewis song )
Gun
down
Hang fire
Happiness Is A Warm
Gun
( The Beatles song )
Harp puts out the fire ( Harp Lager advertising slogan )
Have a
glow
on
Have a
shot
at
Have gun, will travel ( A catchphrase from TV series )
Have many irons in the fire
He
shot
through like a Bondi tram
He smokes like a
chimney
Heap coals of fire on someone's head
Hellfire and brimstone
Hire and fire
His Latest
Flame
( Elvis Presley song )
Hit the
sack
Hold a
gun
to his head
Horses sweat, men perspire, women merely
glow
Hot
Lips Houlihan ( Nickname of Major Margaret Houlihan ( Loretta Swit ) )
Hot
Plate ( Nickname of basketball player John Sam Williams )
Hot
Rod ( Nickname of basketball player Rodney Hundley )
Hot
air
Hot
and bothered
Hot
and heavy
Hot
button issue
Hot
chocolate, drinking chocolate - the late, late drink ( Cadbury's Drinking Chocolate advertising slogan )
Hot
desking
Hot
diggety dog
Hot
enough for you?
Hot
mess
Hot
money
Hot
n Cold ( Katy Perry song )
Hot
off the press
Hot
on the trail
Hot
on your heels
Hot
potato
Hot
property
Hot
pursuit
Hot
shot
Hot
stuff
Hot
swap
Hot
tempered
Hot
ticket
Hot
tip
Hot
to trot
Hot
topic
Hot
under the collar
I
Shot
The Sheriff ( Eric Clapton song )
I can see you standing over a
hot
stove, but I can't see the stove ( Groucho Marx line )
I lit a fire, isn't it good, Norwegian wood? ( Beatles song lyric )
If I tell you I will have to
shoot
you
In
hot
water
In the line of fire
Indoor fireworks
Is it
hot
in here or is it me? ( Typically used by menopausal women having a
hot
flush )
Is that a
gun
in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?
It Ain't Half
Hot
Mum ( BBC comedy television series )
Jump the
gun
Just
shoot
me
Keep the home
fires
burning
Le
Sack
( Nickname of Richard Tardits )
Leave the gun, take the cannoli ( line from The Godfather )
Liar liar: pants on fire
Light My Fire ( The Doors song )
Light a fire under him
Light a fire under some
Like a cat on a
hot
coals
Like a cat on a
hot
tin roof
Like a moth to a
flame
Like a pig from a
gun
Like a
shot
Like blazes
Lipton's gets into more
hot
water than anything ( Lipton Tea advertising slogan )
Little Sure
Shot
( Nickname of Annie Oakley )
Long
shot
Machine
Gun
Kelly ( Nickname of George Kelly )
Mail
shot
Money to
burn
Mother Superior jumped the
gun
( Beatles song lyric )
Mr. Big
Shot
( Nickname of Chauncey Billups )
Never
fired
in anger
No manager ever got
fired
for buying IBM ( IBM advertising slogan )
Not by a long
shot
Only you can prevent forest
fires
( United States Forest Service advertising slogan )
Open fire
Out of the frying pan into the fire
Parting
shot
Perfect
shot
Piping
hot
Piss like a fire engine
Play with fire
Pull the trigger
Pull your chestnuts out of the fire
Put a
gun
to your head
Put out
Redd
Hot
( Nickname of Michael Redd )
Ring Of Fire ( Johnny Cash song )
Rip mix
burn
( Apple Computer advertising slogan )
Robo
Sack
( Nickname of Rob Johnson )
Run toward the sound of gunfire
Sack
race
Sack
time
Sad
sack
See how they run like pigs from a
gun
( The Beatles song lyric )
Selling like
hot
cakes
Set Fire to the Rain ( Adele song )
Set the Thames on fire
Set the world on fire
Set your hair on fire
Shit
hot
Shoot
'em up
Shoot
a birdie ( score one under par in a golf
shot
)
Shoot
a fairy
Shoot
blanks
Shoot
down in flames ( destroy an argument or theory )
Shoot
first, ask questions later
Shoot
from the hip
Shoot
him down in flames
Shoot
hoops
Shoot
it out
Shoot
me now
Shoot
on sight
Shoot
someone a line
Shoot
straight ( to talk or deal honestly )
Shoot
the breeze
Shoot
the moon ( remove household goods by night to avoid paying rent )
Shoot
the puppy
Shoot
through ( to leave or abscond )
Shoot
to kill
Shoot
your cuffs
Shoot
your mouth off
Shoot
yourself in the foot
Shot
across the bows
Shot
in the arm
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Shot
in the dark
Shot
to hell
Shot
while trying to escape
Silver
Blaze
( Sherlock Holmes story )
Slash and
burn
Slay the
dragon
Slow
burn
Smoke around the campfire
Smoke like a
chimney
Smoking
gun
Smoking
hot
Some Like It
Hot
( Jack Lemmon / Tony Curtis / Marilyn Monroe movie )
Son of a
gun
Sow Dragon's teeth
Spread like wildfire
Stop, or my mom will
shoot
( line from Sylvestor Stallone movie )
Strike while the iron is
hot
Take a pot
shot
at
The Bronze Goddess of Fire ( Nickname of LaWanda Page )
The Fast
Gun
From Texas ( Nickname of Dan Troop ( John Russell ) )
The
Gun
That Won The West ( Nickname of the Colt revolver )
The Hoosier
Hot
Shot
( Nickname of humourist Herb Shriner )
The
Hot
Water State ( Nickname of the US state of Arkansas )
The Italian
Dragon
( Nickname of Joe Calzaghe )
The Last of The Red
Hot
Mommas ( Nickname of Sophie Tucker )
The Man Who
Shot
Liberty Valance ( James Stewart / John Wayne movie )
The Man With The Golden
Gun
( James Bond movie Roger Moore )
The Ring Of Fire ( Johnny Cash song )
The cereal that's
shot
from guns! ( Quaker Puffed Wheat advertising slogan )
The dogs kids love to bite ( Armour
Hot
Dogs advertising slogan )
The fat is in the fire
The long,
hot
summer
The money
shot
The
shot
heard around the world
There's no smoke without fire
There's too much
arson
about here
They
Shoot
Horses Don't They? ( Jane Fonda movie )
This Wheel's On Fire ( Bob Dylan song )
Throw Another Log On The Fire ( Outlaws song )
Too
hot
to handle
Too many irons in the fire
Turkey
shoot
Two irons in the fire
Under fire
Under the
gun
Up in smoke
Visiting fireman
We answer to a higher authority ( Hebrew National
hot
dogs advertising slogan )
Well, nobody's perfect ( line from the movie Some Like It
Hot
)
When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash; when the
ash
Where there's smoke there's fire
Where's the fire?
You couldn't catch a monkey with a shotgun and a
sack
You'll get
shot
You're fired! ( A catchphrase from The Apprentice )