like a house on fire

idiom

informal

: extremely well : very successfully

Those two got on/along like a house on fire.

(US) The business started out like a house on fire.

Examples of like a house on fire in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Lions came out like a house on fire, both on the offensive and defensive ends. —

Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2024 So this cast really just got along like a house on fire. —

Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2023 Here are three reasons why: Offensive mess For the second-straight game, No. 3 Indiana (22-11) started like a house on fire offensively. —

Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2023 Playing in the final pairing of the day with South African Oosthuizen, Mickelson started like a house on fire. —

Ben Morse, CNN, 22 May 2021 Meanwhile, President Joe Biden, 78, is going like a house on fire. —

Gail Collins New York Times, Star Tribune, 1 Apr. 2021

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