trash fire
- noun
- /træʃ faɪər/
- Slang
:
desastre total
- After the product launch, the company's social media was a trash fire of angry customers.
Examples
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What should have been a smooth wedding became a trash fire after the caterer canceled.
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This project turned into a complete trash fire!
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The town hall debate quickly devolved into a trash fire of interruptions and confusion.
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The meeting was such a trash fire that no one wanted to attend.
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The company's latest product launch was a complete trash fire, with numerous defects and poor sales.
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His attempt to organize the event turned out to be a trash fire, as no one showed up and the plans were a mess.
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After the team's trash fire presentation, it was clear they needed to rethink their strategy.
Synonyms
A project, event, or thing that fails very badly
How Bad
176
7.0
- Informal
75
8.5
- Slang
- Slang
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The constituents 'trash' (worthless/rubbish) and 'fire' (destructive, out of control) together cue a negative, destructive image, so learners can partially infer that something bad or chaotic is meant. However, the specific slang sense 'a disastrously managed or complete failure' is a metaphorical, sociolectal extension and not fully predictable from the words alone, so prior exposure is typically needed.
Etymology
Trash fire as slang comes from that same picture: a small pile of trash on fire looks messy and out of control, so people call a chaotic event or a complete failure a 'trash fire'.