idioms

  like a house on fire (very well and quickly) I’m sure you and your girlfriend are going to get along like a house on fire. Once you get used to her, you’ll get along like a house on fire.   envocabulary.com

  get your own house in order (to solve your own problems before criticizing other people’s) Before you criticize the others, make sure you have your own house in order. We should work hard to put our own house in order. He needs to get his own house in order. envocabulary.com

  filthy rich  informal (very wealthy) I’m so filthy rich, I can’t decide what to buy. Mike just bought yet another new car; he must be filthy rich.     envocabulary.com

  filthy lucre (money or wealth obtained in a dishonest or illegal way) I don’t want that gambler’s filthy lucre. He lost his health for the sake of filthy lucre.     envocabulary.com

  add fuel to the fire (to make a bad situation worse) I’m sorry; I didn’t mean to add fuel to the fire. The killing of a demonstrator can only add fuel to the fire.   envocabulary.com