The origin of the phrase, Saint Elmo's Fire, is related to weather. It was coined by sailors who witnessed balls of light during thunderstorms and was thought to be bad luck.
The origin of the phrase "fire in the hole" is believed to be miners who set up a detonation charge and needed to warn other miners about it before they set it off. It could also have come from cannons, which have a hole in them filled with gunpowder that ignites when the fire reaches it.
"Fire in the hole" is a phrase usually used by bomb technicians when they are about to set off an explosion.
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An alternative explanation for the origin of 'irons in the fire' relates to the battlefield surgeon, from at least medieval times, who kept a fire going with a number of different cauterising irons in it at all times. The irons were used to cauterise wounds and stop people bleeding to death. A surgeon with many irons in the fire was prepared to treat any size or shape of wound.
The phrase "looked to their priming" in The Highwayman means that the soldiers were preparing to fire their weapons. Priming was arming the weapon to fire it against an enemy.?æ
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Originally, to discharge a gun, you lit the gunpowder, and set the powder on fire- or "fired" it.
The bar is located in Georgetown so it's probably Georgetown.
There is no one fire safety phrase.
Fire of Unknown Origin was created in 1981.
Mare Winningham. This is ironic because this actress played Wendy Beamish, the virgin of the group.
This phrase is an idiom meaning that rumors or signs of trouble often indicate a real problem. It likely originated from the observation that smoke usually accompanies a fire, so where there is smoke, there is likely to be fire as well.
The origin of the phrase "fire in the hole" is believed to be miners who set up a detonation charge and needed to warn other miners about it before they set it off. It could also have come from cannons, which have a hole in them filled with gunpowder that ignites when the fire reaches it.
"The Lord sent Noah a rainbow sign/No more rain, but the fire next time" (trad. spiritual) - implication that the next time will be worse. Also the title of a famous speech by activist Alex Baldwin.
It is China from where the Fire Crackers originated.