[Idiom] Fat in Fire

[anupumh]

Hi,

What is the meaning and usage of this expression?

Fat is in fire

Thanks

[Anglika]

Perhaps this time you should tell us what you think it it might mean.

This might help : fat is in the fire - Idioms - by the Free Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

[anupumh]

Originally Posted by Anglika

Perhaps this time you should tell us what you think it it might mean.

This might help : fat is in the fire - Idioms - by the Free Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

the fat is in the fire,

an irrevocable action or chain of events has been started; the die is cast: Now that they have been given an ultimatum, the fat is in the fire.
the decision, whether good or bad, has been made.
the crisis is imminent.

A course of action with inevitable bad consequences has begun; there's trouble ahead. For example, Now the fat's in the fire—the boss arrived early and will see we haven't even started work. This expression, with its allusion to fat dropping into a fire and causing a burst of flames, was already a proverb in John Heywood's 1546 collection.

[anupumh]

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