Burn-to-a-cinder
Also, burn to a crisp. Destroy by fire; overcook. For example, If I stay in the sun too long, I’ll be burnt to a cinder, or He’s an awful cook—dinner was burnt to a crisp. Although both expressions can be used literally, they also function as hyperbole, as in the examples.
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to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire: The fire burned in the grate. (of a fireplace, furnace, etc.) to contain a fire. to feel heat or a physiologically similar sensation; feel pain from or as if from a fire: […]
- Burn-your-bridges-behind-you
burn your bridges behind you
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burn-in period 1. A factory soak test intended to increase the chance that components that fail early due to infant mortality will fail before the system leaves the factory. 2. When one is so intensely involved in a new project that one forgets basic needs such as food, drink and sleep. Excessive burn-in can lead […]
- Burnable
to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire: The fire burned in the grate. (of a fireplace, furnace, etc.) to contain a fire. to feel heat or a physiologically similar sensation; feel pain from or as if from a fire: […]
- Burne-jones
Sir Edward Coley [koh-lee] /ˈkoʊ li/ (Show IPA), 1833–98, English painter and designer. Historical Examples Aubrey Beardsley Robert Ross A Writer’s Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume I Mrs. Humphry Ward A Cathedral Courtship Kate Douglas Wiggin We Two Edna Lyall The Tapestry Book Helen Churchill Candee We Two Edna Lyall Little Journeys to the Homes […]