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19 Smoke Idioms & Phrases (Meaning & Examples)

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Are you looking for some useful smoke idioms?

If so, you are in the right place.

In this post, we are going to look at 19 smoke idioms and how to use them in a sentence.

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Smoke idioms

19 Smoke Idioms and Phrases (Meaning & Examples)

1. To Chain Smoke

  • Meaning: to smoke one cigarette after another cigarette with little or no interruption.
  • Use In A Sentence: The doctor said that if he didn’t chain smoke most of his younger years, he probably would have lived until he was 90 years old.

2. There’s No Smoke Without Fire

  • Meaning: there is some truth about what has been said about something or someone.
  • Use In A Sentence: The neighbors are saying that John didn’t buy his house, but he stole it. While I find it hard to believe, there’s no smoke without fire.

3. Put That In Your Pipe And Smoke It

  • Meaning: used to tell someone that they have to accept what you told them whether they like it or not.
  • Use In A Sentence: I don’t care what you say, I am no longer going to work for Uncle Dave. So, put that in your pipe and smoke it.

4. To Smoke Someone (Something) Out Of Something

  • Meaning: to force someone to leave a building by use of smoke.
  • Use In A Sentence: We have tried everything we could think of to get the mice out of the barn. Do you have any ideas? Yes, we used to run a hose into the barn and smoke them out.

5. To Smoke Like A Chimney

  • Meaning: a person who smokes a lot. It can be used to describe a person who smokes cigarettes, pipes, or cigars.
  • Use In A Sentence: My grandma used to hate the fact that my grandpa would smoke like a chimney, but there was little she could do about it.

6. Smoke Pole

  • Meaning: a handgun.
  • Use In A Sentence: If you want to see a smoke pole in person, all you have to do is visit the Bronx.

7. To Blow Smoke

  • Meaning: to intentionally say something with the purpose of misleading or deceiving them. To lie to someone.
  • Use In A Sentence: I think he is just blowing smoke about us breaking the law. I couldn’t find any law that says that we are doing something illegal.
to go up in smoke - smoke idioms

8. To Go Up In Flames/Smoke

  • Meaning: to suddenly/unexpectedly lose something or to fail horribly at something.
  • Use In A Sentence: My plan to ask Mary to the dance went up in smoke when Dan beat me to it.

9. Smoke And Mirrors

  • Meaning: to make something appear better that it really is. Actions and/or words used to deceive someone.
  • Use In A Sentence: Callum used smoke and mirrors to convince his parents that he was having success at his new job. The reality was, however, the opposite.
smoke eater - smoke idioms

10. Smoke Eater

  • Meaning: slang for firefighter.
  • Use In A Sentence: My grandfather was a smoke eater for over 35 years. He said it was his greatest accomplishment in life.

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11. Smoke Show

  • Meaning: a very attractive woman.
  • Use In A Sentence: Did you see who just walked into the room? Wow, she is a real smoke show.

12. To Smoke The Peace Pipe With Someone

  • Meaning: to settle a dispute with someone. To stop fighting.
  • Use In A Sentence: I don’t understand why John and Mark will no longer speak to one another. They need to sit down and smoke the peace pipe together and move on with their lives.

13. To Watch One’s Smoke

  • Meaning: to watch a person become successful.
  • Use In A Sentence: George was determined to succeed. Even though we tried to talk him out of it. He told us to watch his smoke as he went out and started his own business.

14. To Throw Smoke

  • Meaning: slang for throwing a fastball in baseball.
  • Use In A Sentence: Wow, I can’t believe he is still throwing smoke after that many years in the league.

15. Smokescreen

  • Meaning: an action used to divert a person’s attention away from what is really happening. Or something that hides your real feelings about something.
  • Use In A Sentence: Every time Sue wanted to talk to Julie about her father Julie would put up a smokescreen by asking Sue about her husband.

16. Smoke Signals

  • Meaning: signs or signals that something is about to happen.
  • Use In A Sentence: The smoke signals point to a war developing between the two countries.
the big smoke - smoke idioms

17. The Big Smoke

  • Meaning: used to refer to a big city. Often used to refer to London.
  • Use In A Sentence: John and Lisa often dream about leaving the big smoke and living abroad. However, that is just a dream. I can’t imagine that they would actually leave the city they love.

18. Smokin’

  • Meaning: used to describe a person that is attractive or good looking.
  • Use In A Sentence: The quarterback of the football team was smokin’ and all the girls at school knew it.

19. Smoking Gun

  • Meaning: indisputable evidence that a crime was committed by a certain person.
  • Use In A Sentence: A smoking gun was revealed in the form of paperwork left on his desk. I think this will be enough evidence to convict him of the crime.

There you have it! 19 Smoke idioms. Did we miss one? Please share your favorite in the comments below.