fire-breather



fire-breather

One who is intensely and aggressively passionate and fiercely determined. Likened to a dragon or other beast able to shoot streams of fire from its mouth. The company's new boss proved to be a real fire-breather, and in just a few months she turned a once-middling local business into a national powerhouse.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Harrington['hæriŋtən]
AbdÜLhamİT-Turkish
Karl[ka:l]
Daisukedah-ee-soo-keJapanese
Meritxellmu-ree-CHELCatalan
Tiriaq-Native American, Inuit