burned to a cinder

burn (someone or something) to a cinder

1. To burn something, typically when cooking it, to the extent that it is completely charred and blackened. I forgot about the bread I'd put in the oven and burned it to a cinder.

2. To burn someone severely (typically referring to sunburn). Often used in passive constructions. If you lay on the beach all day without any sunscreen, you'll get burned to a cinder.

burned to a cinder

burned very badly. [Very often used figuratively.] I stayed out in the sun too long, and I am burned to a cinder. This toast is burnt to a cinder.

See also: burn, cinder

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

burn (someone or something) to a cinder
burn (someone or something) to a crisp
burn to a cinder
burn to a crisp
burnt to a cinder
cinder
clip (something) out of (something)
clip out of
end in
end in (something)

References in periodicals archive

William Durnan, 44, survived the blast but ended up "looking like the professor from Back to the Future, with his clothing and hair burned to a cinder," a court heard yesterday.

Thief melted his arm sawing 11,000V wire

"You can't blame me, I'm a woman, I'm not meant to be here," said Caroline as she retrieved the pork pies which had burned to a cinder while the men were in the pub.

Hapless men dish up disaster; TELLY TALK with roz laws

Station Officer Des Lloyd of West Bromwich fire station said: "The couple had left the microwave on with food inside and it had burned to a cinder, filling their flat with smoke.

Black Country News: Burning food sparks alarm; WEST BROMWICH

All his clothes were burned to a cinder and paramedics found him bleeding and burnt - saying, ``Tell my wife I love her.''

Hi-fi waves from radio may have set off bomb, court told

AN EFFIGY of Osama bin Laden was burned to a cinder last night as onlookers cheered.

WAR ON TERROR: BOMB OUTRAGE: Osama is good guy

Rebecca Worrell, four, watched in disbelief as her pop-up tent flew into overhead power lines and burned to a cinder.

Flying tent turns off electricity

词组	burned to a cinder
释义	burned to a cinder burn (someone or something) to a cinder 1. To burn something, typically when cooking it, to the extent that it is completely charred and blackened. I forgot about the bread I'd put in the oven and burned it to a cinder. 2. To burn someone severely (typically referring to sunburn). Often used in passive constructions. If you lay on the beach all day without any sunscreen, you'll get burned to a cinder. See also: burn, cinder Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. burned to a cinder burned very badly. [Very often used figuratively.] I stayed out in the sun too long, and I am burned to a cinder. This toast is burnt to a cinder. See also: burn, cinder McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: burn (someone or something) to a cinder burn (someone or something) to a crisp burn to a cinder burn to a crisp burnt to a cinder cinder clip (something) out of (something) clip out of end in end in (something) References in periodicals archive William Durnan, 44, survived the blast but ended up "looking like the professor from Back to the Future, with his clothing and hair burned to a cinder," a court heard yesterday. Thief melted his arm sawing 11,000V wire "You can't blame me, I'm a woman, I'm not meant to be here," said Caroline as she retrieved the pork pies which had burned to a cinder while the men were in the pub. Hapless men dish up disaster; TELLY TALK with roz laws Station Officer Des Lloyd of West Bromwich fire station said: "The couple had left the microwave on with food inside and it had burned to a cinder, filling their flat with smoke. Black Country News: Burning food sparks alarm; WEST BROMWICH All his clothes were burned to a cinder and paramedics found him bleeding and burnt - saying, ``Tell my wife I love her.'' Hi-fi waves from radio may have set off bomb, court told AN EFFIGY of Osama bin Laden was burned to a cinder last night as onlookers cheered. WAR ON TERROR: BOMB OUTRAGE: Osama is good guy Rebecca Worrell, four, watched in disbelief as her pop-up tent flew into overhead power lines and burned to a cinder. Flying tent turns off electricity
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