tire fire

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tire fire (plural tire fires)

1. (chiefly US, idiomatic, usually sports) A disaster; a chaotic person, thing, or situation.
   • 2014 Dec. 19, "NHL: Oilers lose AHL affiliate Oklahoma City Barons due to attendance issues," Sports Illustrated (retrieved 10 Feb 2017):

     As the tire fire that is the Edmonton Oilers rages on, their AHL affiliate is going through a worse ordeal.

   • 2016 May 18, Kraemer_17, "Listless Blue Jays Embarrassed for 2nd Night," BluebirdBanter.com (retrieved 10 Feb 2017):

     The Reds pitching staff is a tire fire.

   • 2016 Nov. 18, David White, "Pro Football: Who We Think Will Win in Week 11," New York Times (retrieved 10 Feb 2017):

     The Browns . . . threw three quarterbacks into the tire fire against Baltimore last week.

   • 2017 Jan. 26, Jay Willis, "Donald Trump Is Making Shameless Equivocation the Dominant Form of Political Discourse," GQ (retrieved 10 Feb 2017):

     During his hourlong tire fire of an interview . . . the sheer volume of breathtaking lies flippantly uttered by President Trump made it legitimately difficult to decide which one of them posed the most direct threat to American democracy.

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