shoot down in flames
IDIOM
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Idiomsshoot down in flamesshoot (something/someone) down in flames [informal]to strongly criticize an idea or plan, or to refuse to accept it.
Several months ago this highly impractical idea would have been shot down in flames. I thought I'd made a sensible suggestion, but they just shot me down in flames. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
shoot something down in flamesshoot (something/someone) down in flames [informal]to strongly criticize an idea or plan, or to refuse to accept it. Several months ago this highly impractical idea would have been shot down in flames. I thought I'd made a sensible suggestion, but they just shot me down in flames. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
shoot someone down in flamesshoot (something/someone) down in flames [informal]to strongly criticize an idea or plan, or to refuse to accept it. Several months ago this highly impractical idea would have been shot down in flames. I thought I'd made a sensible suggestion, but they just shot me down in flames. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲