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Putting out fires 

A very common figurative way of suggesting or actually solving a series of crises in some context or other.
Jane as mother had a day of "putting out fires", as she resolved minor crisis' for different members of her family. Finding her son Tommy's lost pet bunny, salvaging daughter Katie's science project after it fell off the table and broke, picking-up hubby's dry cleaning and various other little dramas strewn in her path.
Putting out fires by Zeddie April 6, 2010

Ass-fires 

1.Really bad Diarrhoea, so much so, that it feels like fire is coming out of your anus.

2.Worse than normal diarrhoea.
I had such bad Ass-fires earlier that now, I can't sit down.
Ass-fires by Erika Munoz February 28, 2008

Some Fires 

Some Weed That Is Way Above Average.
Damn Dat Dude Right There Got Some Fires For The Cheap.
Some Fires by Fail. March 30, 2009

brazilian fires 

n. Intense burning sensations caused by too close a shave; usually in the southern hemisphere.

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You seem to be sitting as if in great discomfort.

Yeah. It's the Brazilian fires. It's terrible.

I hear some experts think water bombers might be effective.

Sounds drastic, but I am willing to try anything.
brazilian fires by gnostic3 August 30, 2019

Forest fires 

Fires don't just come from lightning, so the same is true of forest fires. They're as likely to come from industrial sources, or from humans, just like city fires.
Fire is as likely to come from arson as it is anywhere else, and it's a little suspect when someone tries to get somebody else to quickly rule out arson as even a possibility rather than as absolute, the way some writers write stories in the news about how the fire is thought to or does absolutely come from lightning, without offering any other realistic possibilities. Does telling people a fire came from lightning rather than arson or another source really make them feel safer when they can end up just as dead from a fire that started from lightning? Theres no good reason people shouldn't question or speculate about where forest fires came from, especially when it's all over the west coast, which is unusual most years.
Forest fires by Solid Mantis September 11, 2020

Forest fires 

Fires don't just come from lightning, so the same is true of forest fires. They're as likely to come from industrial sources, or from humans, just like city fires.
Fire is as likely to come from arson as it is anywhere else, and it's a little suspect when someone tries to get somebody else to quickly rule out arson as even a possibility rather than as absolute, the way some writers write stories in the news about how the fire is thought to or does absolutely come from lightning, without offering any other realistic possibilities. Does telling people a fire came from lightning rather than arson or another source really make them feel safer when they can end up just as dead from a fire that started from lightning? Theres no good reason people shouldn't question or speculate about where forest fires came from, especially when it's all over the west coast, which is unusual most years (even for fire prone areas).
Forest fires by Solid Mantis September 11, 2020