Idiom
feed the fire
Meaning
Synonym of add fuel to the fire.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Do not argue with him, or you will only feed the fire.”
“The manager knew that criticizing the team's performance during the meeting would only feed the fire of their growing frustration.”
“By publicly questioning the leader's motives, the journalist inadvertently fed the fire of the political scandal, ensuring the controversy would dominate the news cycle for weeks.”
Examples
simple
“Do not argue with him, or you will only feed the fire.”
contextual
“The manager knew that criticizing the team's performance during the meeting would only feed the fire of their growing frustration.”
complex
“By publicly questioning the leader's motives, the journalist inadvertently fed the fire of the political scandal, ensuring the controversy would dominate the news cycle for weeks.”
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