The fat is in the fire
The fat is in the fire
something has happened that will certainly cause trouble, the mischief is done, something troublesome has happened, smell a rat, big trouble, said when something has been said or done that will cause a lot of trouble
A course of action with inevitable bad consequences has begun; there’s trouble ahead. For example, Now the fat’s in the fire—the boss arrived early and will see we haven’t even started work. This expression, with its allusion to fat dropping into a fire and causing a burst of flames, was already a proverb in John Heywood’s 1546 collection.
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Antonym: the coast is clear
Farsi: اوضاع نامناسب است
