You already know that firefighters are trained to safely put out fires, put out fires.

Do Ana and Jonathan have new careers?

Huh?

I haven't seen you all week.

What have you been doing?

I have been busy putting out fires.

First, Kim yelled at a very important customer.

And then Kevin Kevin gave the wrong presentation at a big meeting.

So now is not a good time to tell you that there is a big mistake in this report as an idiom.

To put out fires means to deal with urgent problems rather than your usual tasks.

Think of the problem as a fire.

Something that needs to be dealt with quickly, before it spreads or causes much damage.

And that's English in a minute.