burst into flames

burst into flames (third-person singular simple present bursts into flames, present participle bursting into flames, simple past and past participle burst into flames)

1. Alternative form of burst into flame.
   • 1983, Talking Heads, “Burning Down the House”, in Speaking in Tongues:

     People on their way to work / And baby, what do you expect? / Gonna burst into flames

• bursts into flame