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on fire

on fire

Date: Aug 12 2010

Themes: Music

Quote

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“Justin Bieber is on fire right now! If you see him in a Rolls-Royce or Lamborghini, it might be mine…but it’s his for the day.”

- Diddy, talking about his favorite young pop star. (People)

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

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very popular; doing very well

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

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Diddy thinks that Justin Bieber is on fire. But there’s no need to call the fire department. Diddy doesn’t mean that everybody’s favorite teen pop star is literally burning. And Diddy hasn’t gone crazy, either.

When someone or something is hot, it’s very cool and popular. And fire is very, very hot. So, when we say that someone is on fire, we mean that he is very, very hot, or popular. You can also say that someone is on fire if he is doing really well and having a lot of success.

If anyone is hot enough to be on fire right now, it’s Justin Bieber. At sixteen years old, he’s already worked with stars as big as Usher and Justin Timberlake. His first album, My World 2.0, debuted at number one. And now Diddy is such a big fan of Justin, he’d even let him borrow one of his cars!

What other stars are on fire right now? Are you on fire at school or work?

Examples

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“Lady Gaga is on fire right now. Every new song she puts out makes it to the top ten.”

“I played basketball this afternoon, and I was on fire. I made twenty points!”

“Chris has been coming up with a lot of great ideas at work. He’s on fire! “

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

primula I think it means that Justin Bieber now is famous and is widely known. He has drawn people's attentions.
by primula
allesor hot! popular, the "in" thing right now.
by allesor
successful, famous
by angel_bluemoon
angie.liu hit; popular
by angie.liu
on fire means ..in spotlight
by cherry sweet
xin7 hot, on the top
by xin7
chomo popular
by chomo
To be doing something really well or really quickly. Example: That pianist was so on fire it blew my mind.
by adabracadan
Puzzle 月 Doing something very well, quickly. 「Brilliantly, Fantastic, Amazingly, Superb, etc.」 "Justin Bieber is doing amazingly right now!"
by Puzzle 月
be doing something really well of quickly
by DecapitatedLucia
foz12 To be doing something really well or really quickly.
by foz12
On fire means very famous
by Bitten by an Arab bug

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branden

branden

South Korea

well,DJ DOC is on fire right now 

Do you guys know DJ DOC? find it  

05:39 AM Aug 12 2010 |

~MemoTheHun~

Germany

bieber is nothing more than a child for me but i wish him good luck in his career in the next years

03:32 AM Aug 12 2010 |

anglorths

Viet Nam

The Moskavites are in reality on fire. And Lenin's corpse is on fire too.

The gay manner has so much attraction to American pop-culture. Americans seem demented. I'm gonna be on fire, actually my ass is on fire coz I am Vietnam idle. I am a big nothing-to-doer. Sedentary immobility burns my rear end; my ass is really on fire!

03:32 AM Aug 12 2010 |

imy13

Algeria

hi

03:26 AM Aug 12 2010 |

stubbornsjb

China

Lady gaga is absolutely on fire now,I love her so much.

01:37 AM Aug 12 2010 |

Chorok

Chorok

France

I've never heard of this guy. But I have to say that american culture is not really popular in France (maybe less that is seems to be in Asia?) so we don't have american songs on TV or radio…or just a few^^

01:20 AM Aug 12 2010 |

XFeng

China

I  think on fire has two  mean .

first .it mean very hot  .for example:the temperture is very hign,the people evey hot ,and  if  you are play baskerball,you willl fell very hot ,and  so on

second ,it mean very famous ,as  the superstar,the famous  people who is devote to the country ,and  so on .

everyone  my name is  XFeng ,my English is very poor.if  you are not  understand what i  said ,pls  tell me ,and  thanks.

01:09 AM Aug 12 2010 |

Zambuka

Zambuka

United States

I certainly don’t like Bieber :) and by the way, is he really on fire now? :) i thought Lady Gaga or Rihanna with her ‘rated r’ is on fire now

12:36 AM Aug 12 2010 |

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