Idiom: set the world on fire

set the world on fire 

Meaning: If you set the world on fire, you do something that creates a lot of excitment and makes you famous.

For example:

• Bob Marley took Jamaican reggae music and set the world on fire with it.
  
• Our drama group's first production didn't exactly set the world on fire, but we learnt a lot while doing it.
  

Note: This idiom is often used in the negative, as in "he didn't set the world on fire with..." 

Source: http://www.englishclub.com/ref/idiom-of-the-day.php

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