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sparks fly
there is an angry argument Neither actor liked the other, so when they co-starred as lovers in a new movie, sparks flew.
sparks fly
if sparks fly between two or more people, they argue angrily They don't have the easiest of relationships and when they get together in a meeting sparks fly.
make the sparks fly
Start a fight or argument, as in If Mary finds out he went to the races without her, that will make the sparks fly. In this idiom, the small particles of a fire called sparks are transferred to an inflammatory situation. [Early 1900s]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Wyot | | - | Medieval English |
Rayko | | - | Bulgarian |
Tereza | | te-REZ-ah (Romanian) | Czech, Portuguese (Brazilian), Bulgarian, Romanian |
Lenart | | - | Slovene |
Rosalia | | [rəu'za:liə] | |
Akram | | - | Arabic |