ball of fire

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Meaning: (idiomatic)Apersonwho isespeciallyactive,ambitious,hard-working, orhigh-achieving.1910,Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 16, inGoing Some: A Romance of Strenuous Affection:"I wonder how fast this feller is? Ever heard?""They seem to think he's a whirlin'ball of fire, but that don't worry you none, does it?"1981, Jim Brosnan, “Keith Hernandez on the Rocky Road to Cooperstown,”, inBoys' Life, volume71, number 9,page36:Despite Kennedy's glowing tribute, Hernandez was noball of firehis first year as a pro.1994,M. Scott Peck,A World Waiting to Be Born: Civility Rediscovered‎[1],→ISBN, page198:"[T]ell me what you can about her supervisor," I requested. "Woman in her mid-fifties. Noball of fire. She's been with the company for twenty-two years and demonstrated no desire to climb any further."2008, Frank L. Hicks Jr.,Invisible Bridges‎[2],→ISBN, page203:He really knows how to make a woman feel good. He's aball of firein bed.

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