trash can fire

A trash can fire is a metaphor for something minor that people get unnecessarily upset about.

Heather's bra in a teacher's desk resulted in a school trash can fire; everyone got worked up about it and talked about it for days. Heather deliberately left one there.

by Cranberry Bob November 19, 2019

Die In A Trashcan Fire

A step up from ‘Die in a whole’, but not as bad as ‘go kill yourself’. It’s a happy medium for when you just hate someone’s guts.

Guy 1: Haha, you’re gay.
Guy 2: Go die in a trashcan fire. *glares at intensely*
Guy 2: *weeps*

by Why Not. November 23, 2019