go up in flames

基本解释

This project will go up in flames if the designer quits.
如果设计者放弃，这个项目就会完全失败。
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Oy, did you see that bloody stunt car driver go up in flames? He must be sixes and sevens man!
你看见那个特技车手飞跃火焰了吗？他一定是疯了。
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Up to 100 percent of the volatile radioactive Cesium-137 content of the pools could go up in flames and smoke, to blow downwind over large distances.
多达100％的具有挥发性的放射性铯137可以随着火苗和烟升入空中，顺着风被吹到很远的地方。

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