Idiom
escape fire
Meaning
An unconventional or counterintuitive solution to a difficult problem.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Using a controlled fire to escape fire is a clever trick.”
“The manager used an escape fire strategy by letting the team work from home to solve the office productivity crisis.”
“Faced with an impossible deadline, the architect employed an escape fire approach, intentionally simplifying the design to ensure the project's ultimate survival.”
Examples
simple
“Using a controlled fire to escape fire is a clever trick.”
contextual
“The manager used an escape fire strategy by letting the team work from home to solve the office productivity crisis.”
complex
“Faced with an impossible deadline, the architect employed an escape fire approach, intentionally simplifying the design to ensure the project's ultimate survival.”
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