play with fire | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)To put oneself in aprecarioussituationwith ahighriskof gettingharmed, particularlyemotionallyorfinancially.I'm telling you, if you sign that paper, you'replaying with fire.Play with fireand you get burned.2013,Al Gore,The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change‎[1],New York:Random House,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC,pages310–311:Long predicted by climate models, stratospheric cooling is a result of the Earth’s atmosphere attempting to maintain its energy "balance." Much more work will need to be performed before this troubling surprise is fully understood, but it already illustrates the recklessness of this "planetary experiment" that humanity has under way. We are not onlyplaying with fire, but ice as well. As Robert Frost wrote, "Some say the world will end in fire; some say in ice." Either one, he added, "would suffice."For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:play with fire.

Examples:

EN: Don't you see, Kid, you can't play with fire?
ES: "Nena, ¿no ves que estás jugando con fuego?
EN: At Riccardi's party Tessie realized for the first time that Jimmy was right, she couldn't play with fire.
ES: En la fiesta de Riccardi, Tessie se dio cuenta por primera vez de que Jimmy tenía razón cuando le dijo que estaba jugando con fuego.
EN: As my pop would say, " When a woman play with fire, man get burned."
ES: Como diría mi papá: " Cuando ella juega con fuego, él se quema".
EN: Well, why play with fire just to spite Linda?
ES: - Juegas con fuego para molestar a Linda.
EN: Never play with fire, particularly on the eve of your wedding.
ES: No juegues con fuego en la víspera de tu boda.
EN: One should not play with fire.
ES: Eso te pasa por jugar a policías y ladrones.
EN: And it taught me not to play with fire
ES: Y me enseñó a no jugar con fuego.
EN: Next time you want to play with fire use a matchbox instead.
ES: La próxima vez que quieras jugar con fuego, limítate a las cerillas.
EN: That you get burned When you play with fire
ES: Si juegas con fuego te quemas
EN: If she must play with fire,ring the bell
ES: Cuando se juega con fuego, suena la campana.
EN: It's dangerous to play with fire.
ES: Ya no es una niña, sabe que no se juega con fuego.
EN: You can't play with fire without getting burnt.
ES: El que juega con fuego... - ...se quema.
EN: If you play with fire, you get burned.
ES: Si juegas con fuego, te quemas.
EN: - So you wanted to play with fire, huh?
ES: - ¿Quería ud. jugar con fuego?
EN: You do play with fire, don't you, lover?
ES: Tú juegas con fuego, ¿no es así?

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