like a house on fire

Example Sentences

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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

One of Claude’s colleagues, hamming to impress the fictional Paul, overstates their closeness: “‘We get on like a house on fire, don’t we, Claude?’

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2024

I think you guys would get on like a house on fire.’

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2021

There was an age difference of 20 years but James says they got on "like a house on fire".

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2021

Leah was like a house on fire for the last hundred miles of the trip.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver