It burned my throat like swallowing fire.

She woke up shaking and sweating, her stomach burning like she'd swallowed fire.

I lasted about two good sucks and then spat the peppermint into my hand, it was like swallowing fire!

He can also walk a tightrope, ride a unicycle, juggle flaming brands and swallow fire.

Now they are more often used for comic effect by street performers who swallow fire or build human pyramids.

It's as if you've swallowed fire.

As a teen-ager, he left home to join a traveling carnival, learning to swallow fire and survive as the target of a knife thrower.

For long moments Hal just stood there, swallowing fire he had no choice but to swallow.

I swallowed liquid fire, my mouth coming open, invisible flames shooting out.

It is reported in the fourth act that she died by swallowing fire.