like a house on fire
Example Sentences
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The pair "got on like a house on fire", Myers said, and they began going on road trips to sample food in different places.
From BBC • Feb. 29, 2024
They end up getting on like a house on fire, and James kind of feels left at the side a little bit and becomes the kind the butt of the jokes.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2024
The final shot of the sequence shows that they get along, quite literally, like a house on fire.
From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2022
I think you guys would get on like a house on fire.’
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2021
Leah was like a house on fire for the last hundred miles of the trip.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
