shoot someone down in flames



shoot someone down in flames

tv. to ruin someone; to bring about someone’s downfall. (see also go down in flames.) It was a bad idea, okay, but you didn’t have to shoot me down in flames.
See also: down, flame, shoot

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Sakisah-keeJapanese
Leocadius-Late Roman
Sashka-Macedonian, Bulgarian
Sunder-Indian, Hindi, Tamil
Catahecassa-Native American, Shawnee
Maurus-Late Roman