add fuel to the fire

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toworsenaconflictbetween people; toinflamean alreadytensesituation.Synonyms:add insult to injury,fan the flames,add fuel to the flame,pour gasoline on the fire,throw gasoline on the fire,throw gas on the fire;see alsoThesaurus:make matters worseAntonyms:pour oil on troubled waters,clear the airInstead of apologizing to his girlfriend, he decided toadd fuel to the fire.1839, Charles Dodd, edited by Mark Aloysius Tierney,Dodd's Church History of England, volume 2:But this had no effect, only toadd fuel to the fire; so that, at last, both parties were so exasperated, that, had not the magistrates of Frankfort (who were now head of the English reformed church) interposed, they were on the point of coming to blows.1891,The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, volume54:[…]and to admit women into active participation in politics will certainly be to increase disorder andadd fuel to the fireof strife.For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:add fuel to the fire.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seeadd,‎fuel,‎fire.

Examples:

EN: Let's not add fuel to the fire.
ES: No echemos más leña al fuego.
EN: Do not try to add fuel to the fire blazing in the widow.
ES: No trate de añadir leña al fuego dentro de una viuda.
EN: To gain things one has to add fuel to the fire.
ES: Para conseguir lo que quieres hay que echar más leña al fuego.
EN: The molestation charges just seemed to add fuel to the fire.
ES: Las acusaciones de abusos sólo empeoraron las cosas.
EN: That'll add fuel to the fire! We cant let this get out.
ES: Sólo echarás leña al fuego.
EN: Don't add fuel to the fire.
ES: No agregues combustible al fuego.
ES: No a#adas le#a al fuego.
EN: The battle of censorship will not be finally settled by Your Honor's decision, but you will either add to liberal, educated thinking, or by your decision, you will add fuel to the fire of ignorance.
ES: La batalla por la censura no será finalmente... resuelta por la decisión de Su Señoría... pero sí se sumará al pensamiento liberal y educado o, por su decisión, agregará combustible... al fuego de la ignorancia.
EN: And they did their duty to add fuel to the fire. Because their benefit was in separating us.
ES: ¡Y ellos hicieron su trabajo, incitándonos... porque su beneficio estaba en separarnos!
EN: That's only going to add fuel to the fire.
ES: Eso solo va a agregar más combustible al fuego.
EN: Now to quickly add fuel to the fire.
ES: Ahora echadle más leña al fuego.
EN: The last time you were here, all you did was belittle me, why add fuel to the fire?
ES: La última vez que estuvieron aquí, todo lo que hicieron fue desestimarme, ¿Por qué hechar leña al fuego?
EN: With all that's going on, we can't add fuel to the fire.
ES: Con todo lo que está pasando, no podemos echar más leña al fuego.
EN: At the roadblock justin add fuel to the fire.
ES: En el Bloqueo, Justin echó leña al fuego. Gaucho, amigo.
EN: I think I can add fuel to the fire.
ES: Creo que puedo añadir gasolina a este fuego.
EN: You will only add fuel to the fire.
ES: Solo añadirá leña al fuego.

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