the fire is singeing one's eyebrows--a desperate situation; a matter of utmost urgency; a pressirig (/an imminent) crisis;extremely urgent; imillinent; impending; in hot (/a11) haste; pressing
❍ 可是大火烧着眉毛，只好把死马当活马治…… (梁斌 《红旗谱》 99) But t he fire was now singeing their eye6rOWS and they had to treat a dead horse as a live one.
火烧眉毛huo shao mei mao
the fire is burning the eyebrows—a desperate situation
火烧眉毛huǒ shāo méi máo
比喻事情非常紧迫。a matter of the utmost urgency, extremely urgent, in imminent danger