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
So this cast really just got along like a house on fire.
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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
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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