The Fat Is In The Fire 1100 Words You Need Week 21

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