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
&Thorn;ÓRgeirr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Essa	-	Arabic
Anthea	[æn'ðiə]
Jacklyn	JAK-lin	English
Steffan	-	Welsh
Archelaus	ahr-kee-LAY-əs (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized), Biblical Latin, Biblical