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.

by Zeddie April 6, 2010

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Fiero Firestorm

Of, or having to do with, a discussion of the 4.9 Cadillac engine family when installed in a Pontiac Fiero, usually begun by someone who has since been banned from a certain internet forum.

This thread has turned into another Fiero Firestorm, thanks to Lil Pun.

by pff'er January 23, 2005

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team foreskin

A phrase used in League of Legends to describe a situation when 4 out of 5 summoners on a team are using skins. It's a way to embarrass the 5th summoner playing without a skin on their champion, and therefore labeling their team the foreskin of a penis.

team foreskin! lux forgot her skin...

by AdventuresOfCarl July 20, 2014

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firestorm

A mechanism that goes along with forest fires. Firestorms are large fires covering large areas.

Some area catches fire, then cold air comes in at ground level, creating high winds and fuel more flames. With this method, fires can reach up to 2000 degrees C.

It is not only by nature, but also made by man. A definite example is the nuclear bomb.

The fire that happened in Peshtigo, Wisconsin is a firestorm. Mayhaps one of the largest and deadliest fires in the U.S.

by Welp July 31, 2004

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