Add fuel to the fire
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 11To worsen an already bad situation
आग में घी डालना
The reply added fuel to the fire and closed nothing.
To add fuel to the fire is easy and rarely intended.
Daily use: Aag mein fuel add mat karo.
Hindi में बिल्कुल यही है — 'आग में घी डालना'। Fire पहले से जल रही है, आपने fuel डाल दिया तो वह और भड़केगी; यानी पहले से खराब situation को और खराब करना।
Hindi has the exact match: 'aag mein ghee daalna' (pouring ghee into the fire). The fire is already burning; add fuel and it blazes higher. So an already bad situation becomes worse.
Meaning पूछा जाता है — to make a bad situation worse; इसका उल्टा 'pour oil on troubled waters' (मामला शांत करना) option में trap बनकर आता है।
Asked as 'to make a bad situation worse'; its opposite, 'pour oil on troubled waters' (to calm a quarrel), often appears as a trap option.