Go Down In Flames In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Go Down In Flames", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Caroline Tran

2020-08-15 12:08

Meaning of Go Down In Flames

Synonyms:

Burst Into Flames , go up in flames , go up in smoke , fail to a great degree

Go Down In Flames spoken language verb phrase

This idiom can be used figuratively and literally.

To fail spectacularly or end suddenly and completely

Our project went down in flames.

Our friendship went down in flames after a fight to the finish.

The idiom "go down in flames" can be used to describes something being entirely engulfed by real flames literally.

My grandfather usually told us his war story that when he was young he used to be a military pilot. In a battle his plane went down in flames, but he managed to eject and parachute safely to the ground.

The enemy's fighter planes went down in flames, which is a sign of ending the battle.

Other phrases about:

to come unglued

To fail or become extremely angry or upset

fly into (someone or something)

To crash into someone or something while moving in the air

the 8th wonder of the world

Something regarded spectacular enough to be included among the Seven Wonders of the World.

butt (up) against (someone or something)

To be put next to someone or something.

gronk

1. Used to describe a nasty substance, such as dirt between the toes.

2. Valueless.

3. To stop working.

4. To sleep.

Grammar and Usage of Go Down In Flames

Verb Forms

goes down in flames
going down in flames
went down in flames
Will go down in flames

Starting of the idiom is a verb, we need to conjugate tense for the verb

Origin of Go Down In Flames

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This phrase refers to the situation where a plane crashes to the ground and burns. It derived from the 1940s, when many combat planes met with this fate in World War II.