“Add fuel to the fire”
定義
To make a bad situation worse.
例句
Examples
“Yelling at him will only add fuel to the fire.”
Use this idiom in context
Restore the missing expression using the meaning above. Keep the rest of the sentence unchanged.
Yelling at him will only _____.Compare with the original example
Yelling at him will only add fuel to the fire.
Write a two-line conversation using “Add fuel to the fire”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
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- What does "Add fuel to the fire" mean?
- "Add fuel to the fire" means to make a bad situation worse.
- How do you use "Add fuel to the fire" in a sentence?
- Example: "Yelling at him will only add fuel to the fire."
- Should I interpret "Add fuel to the fire" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.