"the fat hit the fire" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} the fat hit the fire
  1. (informal) Trouble happened. Tags: informal Related terms: pull the fat out of the fire, pull someone's fat out of the fire, the fat is in the fire
    Sense id: en-the_fat_hit_the_fire-en-phrase-blsEIt6F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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