shoot someone down in flames



shoot someone down in flames

tv. to ruin someone; to bring about someone’s downfall. (see also go down in flames.) It was a bad idea, okay, but you didn’t have to shoot me down in flames.
See also: down, flame, shoot

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Natanaele-Italian
Arsenios-Ancient Greek
Fernandafer-NAHN-dah (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Andria-Georgian, Corsican
Henriettahen-ree-ET-ə (English)English, Hungarian, Finnish, Swedish, Dutch
Ulloriaq-Native American, Greenlandic