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
Elias	ə-LEE-əsh (Portuguese), e-LEE-ahs (German), E-lee-ahs (Finnish), i-LIE-əs (English), ee-LIE-əs (English)	Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English, Greek, Biblical Latin, Biblical Gr
Jep	JEP	English (Archaic)
Sachiko	sah-chee-ko	Japanese
AlŽBeta	-	Slovak
Raimondo	rie-MON-do	Italian
Jerome	jə-ROM	English