like a house afire

Meaning

like a house afire

Dated form of like a house on fire.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I have my aluminum siding business, and that's going like a house afire. Nathan Lane

Words in the phrase

like a house afire

Close letter words and terms

like a hole in the head like a hooligan like a hot knife through butter like a house on fire like a kid at Christmas like a kid in a candy store