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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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