| 单词 | sparks fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmassparks fly f. sparks fly and variants: heated words are spoken, friction or excited action occurs. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > [phrase] > heated words are spoken sparks fly1929 1732 T. Fuller Gnomologia 244 When the Heart is a fire, some Sparks will fly out of the Mouth.] 1929 Amer. Speech 5 124 It was also said of an angry woman that she will ‘make the sparks fly’. 1950 F. Stark Traveller's Prelude 182 My sister never hurried and never scolded..while the effect of ‘sparks flying’ in the next ward reacted on all the men. 1977 Western Morning News 1 Sept. 10/3 Robertson scored from the spot, and then sparks really began to fly. < as lemmas |
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