set the world on fire

Meaning

1. to be very successful and gain the admiration of other people

   He's never going to set the world on fire with his paintings.

In the movies · 1

• (DAD CHUCKLES) To set the world on fire...All of Us Strangers2023
• I could set your world on fire.The Lost City2022

Learn it in full scenes

• All of Us Strangers2023
  • Harry Knocks on Adam's Door
  • Adam Visits His Parents' Old House
  • Harry Comes Round to Drink

From the same entry

• be all the world to
• the best of both worlds possible worlds
• be worlds apart
• come down in the world
• come into the world
• do the world of good
• for all the world as if
• have the world at your feet
• how, why, in the world
• in an ideal perfect world
• in the world
• in a world of your own