fire under

*fire under someone

Fig. something that makes someone start doing something. (*Typically: build ~; light ~; start ~.) The teacher built a fire under the students, and they really started working. You had better light a fire under your staff. Either that or we will lay off some of them.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Iosifu	-	Old Church Slavic
Candyce	KAN-dis	English
Gilda	-	Italian, Portuguese
Minakshi	-	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi
Catina	-	Romanian
Lizbeth	['lizəθ]