Vous me faites mourir à petit feu = You are killing me by inches; You are torturing me to death.
Il ne faut pas jouer avec le feu = One should not play with edged tools.
Il n’est feu que de bois vert = None are so active as the young.
Il jette feu et flamme = He frets and fumes; He is in a great rage.
Faire feu des quatre pieds = To strain every nerve.
Ce n’est qu’un feu de paille = It is only a flash in the pan; It will not last.
Il a jeté tout son feu = 1. His anger is over now. 2. He has used up all his ideas.
C’est le feu et l’eau = They are as opposite as fire and water.
Faire feu = To fire (rifles, guns).