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
Neeraj	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Mirta	-	Spanish, Italian, Croatian
Marcelino	mahr-the-LEE-no (Spanish), mahr-se-LEE-no (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Kristjana	-	Icelandic
Tobin	TO-bin	English
Priita	PREE:-tah	Finnish