fire and brimstone
炉火纯青,硫磺火,硝烟弥漫,硫磺石
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- : threatening punishment in the hereafter: a fire-and-brimstone sermon.
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As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
But what is there more irresponsible than playing with the fire of an imagined civil war in the France of today?
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
The cameraman was reporting on the factory catching fire when the inevitable happened.
Lady Edith is so sad that her sadness nearly set the whole damned house on fire.
"A camp-fire would hardly flash and die out like that, Sarge," he answered thoughtfully.
She got up and stood in front of the fire, having her hand on the chimney-piece and looking down at the blaze.
The fire had been heaped over with earth—to screen it from prying eyes, I suppose, while the good work went on.
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
But, as the keel of the boats touched bottom, each boat-load dashed into the water and then into the enemy's fire.