
set the world on fire
This page is about the idiom set the world on fire
Meaning
If you set the world on fire, you do something that creates a lot of excitement and makes you famous.
For example
- Bob Marley took Jamaican reggae music and set the world on fire with it.
- Our drama group's first production didn't exactly set the world on fire, but we learnt a lot while doing it.
This idiom is often used in the negative, as in "he didn't set the world on fire with..."

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Contributor: Matt Errey