make the sparks fly
Start a fight or argument, as in If Mary finds out he went to the races without her, that will make the sparks fly. In this idiom, the small particles of a fire called sparks are transferred to an inflammatory situation. [Early 1900s]
Words nearby make the sparks fly
make the dust fly,
make the grade,
make the most of,
make the rounds,
make the scene,
make the sparks fly,
make time,
make tracks,
make up,
make up for lost time,
make up one's mind