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
? 可是大火燒著眉毛，只好把死馬當活馬治…… (梁斌 《紅旗譜》 99) But t he fire was now singeing their eye6rOWS and they had to treat a dead horse as a live one.
火燒眉毛huo shao mei mao
the fire is burning the eyebrows—a desperate situation
火燒眉毛huǒ shāo méi máo
比喻事情非常緊迫。a matter of the utmost urgency, extremely urgent, in imminent danger