THE FAT HIT THE FIRE

Meaning of THE FAT HIT THE FIRE in English

the trouble got worse, people began fighting

Kate accused Maude of lying - that's when the fat hit the fire.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

THE FAT HIT THE FIRE — the trouble got worse, people began fighting Kate accused Maude of lying - that's when the fat hit the fire.
English Idioms vocab
FAT — I Any organic compound of plant or animal origin that is not volatile, does not dissolve in water, and is …
Английский словарь Британика
HIT — I. ˈhit, usu -id.+V verb ( hit ; hit ; hitting ; hits ) Etymology: Middle English hitten, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIRE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FAT — I. ˈfat, usu -ad.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fæt — more at vat 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIT — — hitless , adj. — hittable , adj. — hitter , n. /hit/ , v. , hit, hitting , n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIRE — — firer , n. /fuyeur/ , n. , v. , fired, firing . n. 1. a state, process, or instance …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FAT — — fatless , adj. — fatlike , adj. /fat/ , adj., fatter, fattest , n. , v. , fatted, fatting …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIT — I. ˈhit verb ( hit ; hit·ting ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hyttan, probably from Old Norse hitta …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIRE — I. ˈfi(-ə)r noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fȳr; akin to Old High German fiur fire, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FAT — I. ˈfat adjective ( fat·ter ; fat·test ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fǣtt, past participle of fǣtan to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HIT — pron it. 2. hit ·impf & ·p.p. of hit. 3. hit ·- 3d pers. ·sg ·pres. of hide, contracted from …
Webster English vocab
FIRE — vt to drive by fire. 2. fire ·vt to cauterize. 3. fire ·vi to be irritated or inflamed with passion. …
Webster English vocab
FAT — superl abounding with fat. 2. fat ·vi to grow fat, plump, and fleshy. 3. fat ·noun a large tub, cistern, …
Webster English vocab
HIT — [hit] vb hit ; hit.ting [ME, fr. OE hittan, fr. ON hitta to meet with, hit] vt (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIRE — [fire] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE fyr; akin to OHG fiur fire, Gk pyr] (bef. 12c) 1 a (1): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FAT — [fat] adj fat.ter ; fat.test [ME, fr. OE faett, pp. of faetan to cram; akin to OHG feizit fat] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FAT — any substance of plant or animal origin that is nonvolatile, insoluble in water, and oily or greasy to the touch. …
Britannica English vocabulary
FIRE — fire BrE AmE ˈfa ɪ ‿ə AmE ˈfaɪ‿ ə r ▷ fire|d d ▷ firing ˈfa ɪ ‿ər ɪŋ AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HIT
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRE — / ˈfaɪə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun STH BURNING 1. [ U ] the flames, light and heat, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAT — / fæt; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective ( fat·ter , fat·test ) 1. ( of a person's or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FIRE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FAT — I. fat 1 S2 W3 /fæt/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative fatter , superlative fattest ) [ Word Family: adjective …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HIT — v. & n. --v. (hitting; past and past part. hit) 1 tr. a strike with a blow or a missile. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIRE
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FAT — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 a natural oily or greasy substance occurring esp. in animal bodies. 2 the part …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HIT — v. & n. v. (hitting; past and past part. hit) 1 tr. a strike with a blow or a missile. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIRE
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FAT — n., adj., & v. n. 1 a natural oily or greasy substance occurring esp. in animal bodies. 2 the part …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HIT — v. & n. --v. (hitting; past and past part. hit) 1. tr. a strike with a blow or a missile. …
Oxford English vocab
FIRE
Oxford English vocab
FAT — n., adj., & v. --n. 1. a natural oily or greasy substance occurring esp. in animal bodies. 2 the part …
Oxford English vocab
FIRE — I. BURNING, HEAT, OR ENTHUSIASM /faɪə(r)/ ( fires, firing, fired) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIT — ( hits, hitting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'hit' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAT — ( fatter, fattest, fats) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIRE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bomb/fire/terrorist etc alert ▪ a full-scale flood alert a devastating flood/fire/earthquake etc ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FAT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIT
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIRE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HIT — I. noun 1 act of hitting sth/sb ADJECTIVE ▪ direct VERB + HIT ▪ deliver , give sth , land …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FAT — I. noun 1 substance directly under your skin ADJECTIVE ▪ excess , extra , stored ▪ Are you carrying extra …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HIT — INDEX: 1. to hit someone deliberately 2. to hit someone repeatedly 3. a car/train/plane etc hits something 4. to hit …
Longman Activator English vocab
FIRE — INDEX: 1. a fire that damages a building, forest, etc 2. a fire for making you warm, for cooking, or …
Longman Activator English vocab
FAT
Longman Activator English vocab
HIT — n. 25B6; verb she hit her child : STRIKE, slap, smack, cuff, punch, thump, swat; beat, thrash, batter, belabour, pound, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FAT — n. 25B6; adjective a fat man : PLUMP, stout, overweight, large, chubby, portly, flabby, paunchy, pot-bellied, beer-bellied, meaty, of ample …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HIT — v. 1 strike, cuff, smack, knock, whack, bash, bang, thump, thwack, punch, buffet, slap, swat, bludgeon, club, smite; spank, thrash, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FIRE — n. 1 flame(s), blaze; conflagration, holocaust, inferno We gathered round the roaring fire 2 feeling, passion, ardour, ardency, fervour, fervency, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FAT — adj. 1 obese, stout, overweight, heavy, plump, rotund, corpulent, portly, well-fed, chubby, podgy or chiefly US pudgy, roly-poly, tubby, bulky, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FIRE — See: BALL OF FIRE, BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, BUILD A FIRE UNDER, …
Словарь английских идиом
FIRE — (*) 1. The command given to discharge a weapon(s). 2. To detonate the main explosive charge by means of a …
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms
FAT — i.e. VAT, the word employed in the Authorized Version to translate the Hebrew term yekeb, in (Joel 2:24; 3:13) The …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
FAT — adjective DUBIOUS : His wife is a little bit too fat. GOOD : His wife is slightly overweight. DUBIOUS : …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
HIT — 1. сущ. 1) толчок, удар 2) попадание; удачная попытка to take a hit ≈ получать прямой удар direct hit ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIRE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FAT — 1. сущ. 1) а) жир, сало; хим. жир (класс соединений) to trim (away) the fat ≈ срезать жир animal fat …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HIT — hit.ogg 1. hıt n 1. удар, толчок a hit with a hammer - удар молотом a clever hit - меткий …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FIRE — fire.ogg 1. ʹfaıə n 1. 1> огонь, пламя fire endurance - огнестойкость fire point - тех. температура воспламенения to keep …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FAT — fat.ogg 1. fæt n 1. жир, сало vegetable fat - растительный жир to fry smth. in deep fat - жарить …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FIRE — 1) огонь || подвергаться изменениям под действием огня 2) пожар || загораться; воспламенять(ся); поджигать 3) топить 4) отапливать, обогревать 5) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
FIRE — 1) огонь || подвергаться изменениям под действием огня 2) пожар || загораться; воспламенять(ся); поджигать 3) топить 4) отапливать, обогревать 5) обжигать; прокаливать 6) авто зажигать, …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО

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