Idioms

build a fire under (someone)
to stimulate someone to do something
We keep trying to build a fire under our friend but he refuses to study or look for a job.

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  • build castles in the air/in Spain
  • build up (someone or something) or build (someone or something) up
  • build up to (something)
  • bull in a china shop
  • bump into (someone)
  • bump off (someone)
  • bundle of nerves
  • bundle up
  • burn (oneself) out
  • burn (someone) in effigy
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  • the living end
  • under certain conditions
  • at any rate
  • have a heart
  • a force to be reckoned with
  • need (something) like (one needs) a hole in the head
  • burst with pride
  • speak with a forked tongue
  • of no avail
  • blow a fuse


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