火ひの手て

expression, noun

flames; blaze; fire

Refers to the visible flames of a fire, often in the context of a spreading fire or conflagration. Common in news reports and literary descriptions.

• 火ひの手てが隣となりの家いえに燃もえ移うつった。

  The flames spread to the neighboring house.

• 消しょう防ぼう士しが到とう着ちゃくしたときには、すでに火ひの手てが上あがっていた。

  When the firefighters arrived, the flames were already rising.

expression, noun

attack; aggression

Idiomatic use likening an attack or aggressive action to spreading flames. Often used in phrases like 火の手を上げる (to launch an attack) or 火の手が上がる (an attack breaks out).

• 敵てき軍ぐんがついに火ひの手てを上あげた。

  The enemy forces finally launched an attack.

• 議ぎ論ろんが白はく熱ねつし、彼かれは感かん情じょう的てきに火ひの手てを上あげた。

  The debate heated up, and he emotionally went on the offensive.