English-Danish translations for play with fire

• lege med ilden
  Jeg kan derfor kun sige, at De ikke skal lege med ilden. So I can only urge you not to play with fire.
  Derfor skal vi ikke lege med ilden, hr. formand, vi skal kun fastholde en fornuftig, men samtidig hård linje, således som vi tidligere har gjort. That is why we should not play with fire, Mr President, but keep to a sensible but hard line, as we have done in the past.
  De irske myndigheder har besluttet at lege med ilden, da man begyndte at fremme den industrielle udvikling med multinationale, kemiske selskaber i Irland uden at se på de langsigtede konsekvenser. The Irish authorities decided to play with fire when they set out to encourage industrial development by multinational chemicals companies in Ireland without looking at the long-term consequences.

Definition of play with fire

• To put oneself in a precarious situation with a high risk of getting harmed, particularly emotionally or financially

Examples

• Im telling you, if you sign that paper, youre playing with fire.

Related words

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• play with oneself
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• when the cat’s away the mice will play
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