Forged in fire is used to describe a person or character who has become stronger through enduring difficult or challenging experiences. CHAPTER I. An act to enable the State Bank to wind up gradually, and to fix auniform rate of collection.The phrase is metaphorical. – Any person who shall willfully operate a motor vehicle with a registration plate which has been repainted or altered or forged shall be guilty of a. "Forged in fire" is an idiom that means something has been strengthened or made better through difficult experiences. Commissioner Murrey said some of these issues are not in the County's domain or likewise the.