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Light the pencil on fire, put it down

Saying something you know for a fact is true, but everybody says it isn't.
Person 1: Light the pencil on fire, put it down here, because the police literally arrested me, but i literally did nothing!
Person 2: Oh come on, you know that isn't true, you did something bad, didn't you?
Person 1: I didn't!

Kick the tires and light the fires 

1. All the necessary steps before starting the MAIN step have been completed so it is ready to be executed. It is used if the audience knows what's the main step.

2. To set forth.

Coming from jargon of figter pilots, who use it when they are ready to take-off with afterburners ignition (lighting the fires) after checking the gear as part of preflight check (kicking the tires).
A: Boss, we verified the procedure and everything works flawlessly.
B: Great, let's kick the tires and light the fires.

A: Man, we've waited so long already.
B: You're right, it's time to KTLF.

Kick the tires and light the fires 

To go on a much anticipated bike ride with your buddies.

Touring part of the USA on cruizers or riding the technical single tracks near Stanley, Idaho every year for the past eleven years.
We are going to kick the tires and light the fires to Sturgis and back.

or

We are going to kick the tires and light the fires is Stanley, Idaho.
well known from south park
rednecks get angrry that future folk took there jobs so they yell
They took ouare jerbs!
Them future folk took ouare jerbs!
jerb by Jimberley Kim April 7, 2005
Word of the Day on May 22, 2026
An Irish phrase meaning shit, derived from ass
(Not to be confused with the literal description of one's buttocks)
"Did you hear the song Aylek$ dropped?"
"Hardly. Her music is absolute cheeks."

"My boyfriend say LaFlame is cheeks."
"Tell your boyfriend I said it's his mixtape that's cheeks."
Cheeks by thecartisan April 26, 2020
Word of the Day on May 21, 2026

sans sheriff 

Lawless use of fonts or typography, with no regard to aesthetics or legibility
I'm putting this CV straight in the bin. Written totally sans sheriff.
sans sheriff by Jamarley July 3, 2019
Word of the Day on May 20, 2026