like a house on fire

phrase

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

In general, the interior department is getting along like a house on fire. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025

All of us were shocked at how the two of them got on like a house on fire. — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 28 July 2025

The Lions came out like a house on fire, both on the offensive and defensive ends. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2024

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

Rhymes for like a house on fire

• acquire
• attire
• bonfire
• campfire
• ceasefire
• conspire
• desire
• enquire
• entire
• greenbrier
• gunfire
• homebuyer