Idiom TO PLAY WITH FIRE
(Aag say khelna)
Meanings: Do hard work, do difficult works, do tough work
Usage: A chicken hearted persons cannot play with fire.
The main word used in this idiom is:
noun
verb (used with object), fired, firing.
verb (used without object), fired, firing.
(Aag say khelna)
Meanings: Do hard work, do difficult works, do tough work
Usage: A chicken hearted persons cannot play with fire.
The main word used in this idiom is:
fire
[fahyuh r]
1.
a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or
other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light,
heat, and flame.
2.
a burning mass of material, as on a hearth or in a furnace.
3.
the destructive burning of a building, town, forest, etc.; conflagration.
4.
heat used for cooking, especially the lighted burner of a stove:
Put the kettle on the fire.
5.
Greek fire.
6.
flashing light; luminous appearance.
7.
brilliance, as of a gem.
8.
burning passion; excitement or enthusiasm; ardor.
9.
liveliness of imagination.
10.
fever or inflammation.
11.
severe trial or trouble; ordeal.
12.
exposure to fire as a means of torture or ordeal.
13.
strength, as of an alcoholic beverage.
14.
a spark or sparks.
15.
the discharge of firearms:
enemy fire.
16.
the effect of firing military weapons:
to pour fire upon the enemy.
17.
British. a gas or electric heater used for heating a room.
18.
Literary. a luminous object, as a star:
heavenly fires.
19.
to set on fire.
20.
to supply with fuel; attend to the fire of:
They fired the boiler.
21.
to expose to the action of fire; subject to heat.
22.
to apply heat to in a kiln for baking or glazing; burn.
23.
to heat very slowly for the purpose of drying, as tea.
24.
to inflame, as with passion; fill with ardor.
25.
to inspire.
26.
to light or cause to glow as if on fire.
27.
to discharge (a gun).
28.
to project (a bullet or the like) by or as if by discharging from a gun.
29.
to subject to explosion or explosive force, as a mine.
30.
to hurl; throw:
to fire a stone through a window.
31.
to dismiss from a job.
32.
Veterinary Medicine. to apply a
heated iron to (the skin) in order to create a local inflammation of
the superficial structures, with the intention of favorably affecting
deeper inflammatory processes.
33.
to drive out or away by or as by fire.
34.
to take fire; be kindled.
35.
to glow as if on fire.
36.
to become inflamed with passion; become excited.
37.
to shoot, as a gun.
38.
to discharge a gun:
to fire at a fleeing enemy.
39.
to hurl a projectile.
40.
Music. to ring the bells of a chime all at once.
41.
(of plant leaves) to turn yellow or brown before the plant matures.
42.
(of an internal-combustion engine) to cause ignition of the air-fuel mixture in a cylinder or cylinders.
43.
(of a nerve cell) to discharge an electric impulse.
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