Last Updated :2025/11/30

feed the flames

Verb
Japanese Meaning
議論や論争に火をつけ、さらに激化させる / 人の怒りや感情を煽る、増幅させる
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政治家が根拠もなく対立候補を非難すると、側近たちはその発言が火に油を注ぐだけだと警告した。

present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

past

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To provoke further a debate or controversy, a person's anger, etc.

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feed the flames

When the politician accused his opponent without evidence, his advisers warned him that those comments would only feed the flames.

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When the politician accused his opponent without evidence, his advisers warned him that those comments would only feed the flames.

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