Rate this phrase:2.0 / 1 vote

play with fire

Commit one's self to do something extraordinary, dangerous, illegal, actions taken, lacking good judgement.
322 Views
“

Rondo volunteered to swim out to Captain Kidds black and foreboding pirate ship in the middle of the night and steal the captain's gigbtied at the stern.

Collection   Edit    

Submitted by JP03 on August 16, 2015

Additional definitions for 'play with fire':

play with fireTo put oneself in a precarious situation with a high risk of getting harmed, particularly emotionally or financially.
See them all »

Translation

Find a translation for the play with fire phrase in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Nearby phrases

Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to play with fire

set one's hair on fireplay with a full deckrediscover firepull someone's bacon out of the firepull out of the fireplay upplay withplay withplay the race cardpour gasoline on the fireplay to winrain stopped playplay with oneselfset the thames on fire

How to pronounce this phrase?

Discuss this play with fire phrase with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this play with fire definition to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "play with fire." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 21 Nov. 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/phrase/play-with-fire_16468>.

    Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a phrases master?

    »
    The eye of the ________.
    A unicorn
    B thorn
    C storm
    D scorpion

    Browse Phrases.com

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ