put out fires

To deal with emergencies or urgent matters rather than ordinary day-to-day tasks. I spent so much time today putting out fires with our suppliers that I didn't even have a chance to read my e-mails.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Juli	YOO-lee	Hungarian
Rutendo	-	Southern African, Shona
Faustus	-	Ancient Roman
Georg	GE-awrk (German), YE-ory (Swedish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Estonian
NioclÁS	NIK-lahs	Irish
FİKrİ	-	Turkish