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
Siddharth-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Meeks[mi:ks]
SjefSHEFDutch
Indri&Eth;I-Icelandic
Gjergj-Albanian
Simoni-Georgian