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	Pronounced	Usage
ÉImhear	EE-mur	Irish, Irish Mythology
Norbert	NAWR-bert (German, Polish), NAWR-bərt (English, Dutch)	German, English, Dutch, French, Hungarian, Polish, Ancient Germanic
Junior	JOON-yər	English
Layne	[lein]
Caroline	ka-ro-LEEN (French), KER-ə-lien (English), KER-ə-lin (English), KAR-ə-lien (English), KAR-ə-lin (English)	French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Mattea	maht-TE-ah	Italian