went up in flames
Was completely destroyed
Went up in flames means caught fire and burned, often with the implication of total destruction: The warehouse went up in flames overnight.
Figuratively, it describes sudden, dramatic failure of plans, relationships, or endeavors: Their marriage went up in flames after the scandal.
The phrase emphasizes rapid, spectacular collapse rather than gradual deterioration.
- ignitionStarting combustion process
- burnDamage by heat
- burnt to a crispThoroughly charred by heat
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
fire · firestorm · blaze · charred · reduced to ashes · inferno · downfall · fiasco · smoke · up in smoke · wreckage · annihilation · ashes · incinerated · fire damage · engulfed · scorched · catastrophe
went up in flamessurvived
Remained alive through hardship
endured · weathered the storm · held together · pulled through · withstood
went, upward, upwards, uppermost, inward, inwards, innermost, flames, flame