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trial by fire
Idioms and Phrases
A test of one's abilities to perform well under pressure, as in Finishing this buge list of chores in time for the wedding is really a trial by fire . This expression alludes to the medieval practice of determining a person's guilt by having them undergo an ordeal, such as walking barefoot through a fire.Example Sentences
鈥淥ur wedding was trial by fire and we survived,鈥 she added.
鈥淭he scale was so massive compared to what I鈥檇 done before, it was trial by fire. I always want to bite off a little more than I can chew, and when that one was over, I said to myself, 鈥極K, I know how to direct.鈥
Joe Alt鈥檚 trial by fire in the NFL continues with Cleveland鈥檚 Myles Garrett.
Sharp: Trial by fire, jump in the deep end 鈥 it was whatever clich茅 you want to use.
Harvick noted as much as he signed off from the Clash, where he and former teammate Bowyer bantered throughout Harvick鈥檚 second trial by fire.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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