Idiom
get to the fireworks factory
Meaning
To reach the most interesting, eventful or important part of a storyline.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Stop talking about the details and get to the fireworks factory.”
“I hope this video game gets to the fireworks factory soon.”
“The show gets to the fireworks factory in the second season.”
“The movie was slow for an hour, but finally we got to the fireworks factory.”
“The first three chapters of this mystery novel are boring, but you finally get to the fireworks factory once the detective finds the secret map.”
“We spent all morning discussing the budget, so I was relieved when the meeting finally got to the fireworks factory regarding our new project.”
“After a long period of tedious setup, the plot finally accelerated as the characters got to the fireworks factory.”
Examples
simple
“Stop talking about the details and get to the fireworks factory.”
“I hope this video game gets to the fireworks factory soon.”
“The show gets to the fireworks factory in the second season.”
contextual
“The movie was slow for an hour, but finally we got to the fireworks factory.”
“The first three chapters of this mystery novel are boring, but you finally get to the fireworks factory once the detective finds the secret map.”
“We spent all morning discussing the budget, so I was relieved when the meeting finally got to the fireworks factory regarding our new project.”
complex
“After a long period of tedious setup, the plot finally accelerated as the characters got to the fireworks factory.”
Origin
From the 1997 Simpsons episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show", which shows an episode of the fictional Itchy & Scratchy Show in which the characters' journey to a fireworks factory is interrupted by the anticlimactic arrival of a new character, Poochie; while watching the episode, Milhouse Van Houten wails, "When are they going to get to the fireworks factory?!".
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