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add fuel to the fire
idiom
(UK alsoadd fuel to the flames)
to make an argument or bad situation worse: 火上浇油
The discovery that the government was aware of the cover-up has really added fuel to the fire.人们发现政府对这起隐瞒事件早已知情，这真是火上浇油。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Increasing and intensifying
accretion
accumulate
accumulative
accumulatively
add to something
blaze
fade
go up
growing
growingly
heighten
hot up
inflation
mushroom
ratchet something up/down
re-escalate
re-escalation
reach a crescendo
redouble
stake
add fuel to the fire | American Dictionary
add fuel to the fire
idiom(alsoadd insult to injury)
to make a bad situation worse:
The President said he wouldn’t add fuel to the fire by commenting without knowing all the facts.
I was late and, to add insult to injury, forgot my keys.
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