火上加油
huǒ shàng jiā yóu
Meaning
- to add oil to the fire (idiom) · figuratively to aggravate a situation
- to enrage people and make matters worse
Example sentences
你现在说这种话，只会火上加油。
你現在說這種話，只會火上加油。
nǐ xiàn zài shuō zhè zhǒng huà， zhǐ huì huǒ shàng jiā yóu。
Saying things like that now will only add fuel to the fire.