fight fires

To deal with emergencies or urgent matters, rather than ordinary day-to-day tasks. I spent so much time today fighting fires with our suppliers that I didn't even have a chance to read my e-mails.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Liane	lee-AH-nə	German
Sumner	['sʌmnə]
Nala	-	Hinduism
Patrizia	pah-TREE-tsyah	Italian
Hamed	-	Arabic, Persian
Martha	MAHR-thə (English)	English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, Greek, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Lat