go up in flames

Slang definitions & phrases for go up in flames

go up in smoke

verb phrase

To be ruined; be destroyed: He just saw his beautiful scam go up in smoke (1933+)

Idioms and Phrases with go up in flames

go up in flames

Also, go up in smoke. Be utterly destroyed, as in This project will go up in flames if the designer quits, or All our work is going up in smoke. This idiom transfers a fire to other kinds of destruction. [ Early 1900s ]