短語 putting out fires 通常指在工作環境中解決很多小的問題，問題雖小，但很棘手，需要在惡化前快速解決。
Sorry I didn't have time to meet you for lunch today. I was busy at work all day putting out fires.
Sometimes it feels like you get nothing done in the office - you need to spend the whole day putting out fires.
短語 to get on like a house on fire 字面意思是「相處就像房子著火」,實際用來形容兩個人一拍即和、一見如故，關係處得很好。
Phoebe and Alice get on like a house on fire. They share exactly the same sense of humour and are always joking and laughing together.