fat is in the fire



fat is in the fire

Prov. Matters have come to a crisis; trouble is about to start. Brother: Mom found out that we broke the clock. Sister: Uh-oh. The fat's in the fire now. The fat is in the fire at work; we're nowhere near finishing the project, but the deadline is in two days.
See also: fat, fire

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Frano-Croatian
Adi (2)-Indonesian
Luitger-German (Archaic)
Tyge-Danish
Viktoriavik-TO-ree-ah (German), veek-TO-ree-yah (Russian)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
VjekoVYE-koCroatian