add fuel to fire

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İngilizce - İngilizce
To inflame a situation, to make a situation worse

and that he ſhould never ceaſe to lament the loſs of me, they, to add fuel to fire, under a feigned ſolicitude to alleviate his majeſty's diſquiet, began to praiſe with the utmoſt ardour, my great abilities.

add fuel to the fire
To worsen a conflict between people; to inflame an already tense situation

The first consul continued to add fuel to the fire.

add fuel to the fire
make a bad situation worse, make a problem greater
add fuel to fire

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    äd fyul tı fayr

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    /ˈad ˈfyo͞ol tə ˈfīr/ /ˈæd ˈfjuːl tə ˈfaɪr/