 9  (2) the fat is in the fire — a step has been taken, some thing done, which commits to further action, or will produce excitements, indignation etc. 1. He rose. "Well, the fat's in the fire. If you persist in your willfulness, you'll have yourself to blame." (J. Galsworthy) 14 2. Then the fat was in the fire! Dear Mamma took up the tale. (R. Aldington) 3. "Yes," murmured Sir Lawrence, watching her, "the fat is in the fire,'' as old Forsyte would have said. (J. Galsworthy) (3) in the long run — eventually; before all is over; finally; after many changes of fortune, successes and failures 1. He filled a pipe and tried his best to feel that, after all, in the long run Dinny would be happier unmarried to him. (J. Gals worthy) 2. "Naturally 1 don't approve of them," said Emery, still uncertain whether he felt more annoyed or pleased at Clayton's insistence that in the long run they were both good fellows more or less on the same side. (J. Lindsay) 9 |
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