گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'the fat is in the fire'

1 general:: A course of action with inevitable bad consequences has begun; there's trouble ahead. For example, Now the fat's in the fire? the boss arrived early and will see we haven't even started work. This expression, with its allusion to fat dropping into a fire and causing a burst of flames, was already a proverb in John Heywood's 1546 collection.