Daily Chinese Idiom Guessing Game
An extremely urgent situation that requires immediate action.
燃烧。火烧眉毛那样紧急。形容事情非常急迫。
宋·释普济《五灯会元》卷十六问‘如何是急切一句？’师曰‘火烧眉毛。’”《文献通考·市籴二》元祐初，温公入相，诸贤并进用，革新法之病民者，如救眉燃，青苗、助役其尤也。”
With the deadline approaching, funding the project became a matter of burning urgency.