“Man! You're on fire!”
You work in sales. One of your coworkers has made several large sales this week, and he just made another one. You're impressed, and you want to compliment him. You say:
Man! You're on fire!
Man!
The expression "Man!" shows strong emotions. In this situation, it's showing that you're surprised and impressed by your coworker's success.
"Man" can also be used when you're surprised and annoyed with something:
Man, I am so exhausted.
Or you can use it when you're surprised and worried:
Man! She is going to flip out when she hears about this.
You can use "Man!" when speaking to both men and women, because you're not saying it to anyone. You just say it to show an emotion.
"Man" is casual, but it's completely polite. It's a lot more polite than other words with similar meaning, like "Shit!"
You're on fire!
If you yell out "You're on fire!" to someone in a worried-sounding voice, they will think that their clothes or hair are burning. But if you say it in a cheerful way, it means that they are having a string of successes. For example, you can use this to talk about an athlete who is playing really well and scoring a lot of points:
LeBron is on fire tonight!
Sports are a common situation for saying that someone is "on fire", and sales is another. Actually, a lot of sports-related language gets used in sales situations.
"You're on fire!" is a really casual and friendly phrase.
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5 comments:
Hey man, this is a great post. YOU are on fire.
I'm happy that you liked it.
Am I on fire!? come on man that's too much for me :p
Thanks a bunch.
Oh man, I forgot to tell you something.
Happy thanksgiving.
Good luck
Thanks, Ali. We always have a very unusual Thanksgiving meal in New Zealand. This year, it was pizza!
You're welcome Marcus, I thought you gonna have Turkey as what Hilary said, anyway good luck and have a nice weekend.
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