| 单词 | to set the world on fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto set the world on fire (also alight, aflame, etc.) P24. to set the world on fire (also alight, aflame, etc.): to attract excitement or admiration; to cause a sensation, do something remarkable (cf. to set the Thames on fire at fire n. and int. Phrases 2k). Also: to cause turmoil or unrest. ΚΠ 1656 S. Holland Don Zara iii. iv. 181 Fair Nymph, whose beauties all admire, Whose face does set the World on fire. 1725 Paradox 42 His Doctrine..would however, when publish'd, set the World on fire, Father against Father, and Son against Son. 1832 Atkinson's Casket Dec. 567/2 Give him a welcome in that Uncle's name, Whose proud example sets the world aflame,..our Uncle Sam! 1883 Daily Miner (Butte, Montana) 31 Aug. These over-cautious, know-it-all, beg-leave-to-differ people are not the kind who set even a small part of the world on fire. 1918 Art World Jan. 300/1 If I could, I should write a poem that would set the world ablaze. 1923 Jrnl. Brit. Inst. Internat. Affairs 2 29 Blind to danger and deaf to advice as were the statesmen of the three despotic Empires, not one of them..desired to set the world alight. 1959 M. Spark Memento Mori i. 2 A lady who once set the whole of the literary world..on fire. 2009 Irish Independent (Nexis) 17 Oct. Just because they put a new, refined blah-blah diesel engine in, it doesn't mean it is going to set the world alight. < as lemmas |
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