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make the sparks fly
make the sparks fly
Start a fight or argument, as in If Mary finds out he went to the races without her, that will make the sparks fly. In this idiom, the small particles of a fire called sparks are transferred to an inflammatory situation. [Early 1900s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Maire | | MIE-re | Finnish |
| Ailbhe | | AL-va | Irish |
| 'Azazyahu | | - | Biblical Hebrew |
| Jay (2) | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati |
| PlÁCido | | PLAH-thee-dho (Spanish), PLAH-see-dho (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish, Portuguese |
| Amore | | - | Italian |