English Idioms: Add fuel to the fire

English Idioms About “Nature”
Idiom: Add fuel to the fire
Meaning: (Also add fuel to the flames) to make a problem worse; to say or do something that makes a bad situation worse.
Example: Don’t add fuel to the fire by laughing at him. He is furious about what you have already done

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