English-Danish translations for add fuel to the fire

  • hælde benzin på båletDet er naturligvis let at hælde benzin på bålet her og som fru Beer handle som en stor advokat. It is easy, of course, to add fuel to the fire here and, like Mrs Beer, to act as a great advocate. Ikke, fordi vi er uenige i ordførerens linje, men i et så følsomt spørgsmål ønsker vi ikke at hælde benzin på bålet. It is not that we take issue with the line pursued by the rapporteur, but on such a sensitive matter we do not want to add fuel to the fire.
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Definition of add fuel to the fire

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    • Instead of apologizing to his girlfriend he decided to add fuel to the fire.

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