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.
See also: fire

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Odtsetseg-Mongolian
Natanail-Bulgarian, Macedonian
InÈSee-NESFrench
GeroldGE-rawlt (German)German, Ancient Germanic
Hoseaho-ZAY-ə (English), ho-ZEE-ə (English)Biblical
FerneFURNEnglish