English Pronunciation: Idiom: On Fire -- American Accent

Today I'm going to go over the idiom 'on fire'. This means to be doing something very well.

For example, you're at a basketball game, and there's a guy who keeps hitting 3-pointer

after 3-pointer after 3-pointer, and making them. You might say, man that guy's on fire.

It can also apply to a social situation. For example, let's say you go to a party with

a friend. And your friend is talking to everyone, making everyone laugh, everyone wants to be

around him. You can say, 'Man, you were on fire at that party.' On can be pronounced

with the 'aw' as in 'law' vowel, or the 'ah' as in 'father' vowel. I pronounce it with

the 'aw' as in 'law'. It's a little further back in the face than the 'ah' as in 'father',

which is a little further forward. On, the N consonant sound, so the tongue will raise

into that position. On, ff, fire begins with the F consonant sound, so you'll raise the

bottom lip, ff, to the top teeth and let air come through. On ff, on fi-, the 'ai' as in

'buy' diphthong, on fi-re. And finally, the schwa and R sound, er, er. On fire, on fire.