Play with fire
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 6Meaning
To take a foolish risk
हिंदी अर्थ
आग से खेलना
Example sentences
Skipping the second condition is playing with fire.
To play with fire is fun until it is not.
Daily use: Iska matlab khatarnak jokhim lena.
इन Exams में पूछा गयाAsked in
SSC CHSL Pre 2021
Memory trick · Prashant Sir
इसे literally पढ़िए: आप आग से खेल रहे हैं। आग नहीं देखती कि आप कितने सावधान हैं, देर-सवेर जलाएगी ही। यानी बेवजह जोखिम लेना।
Read it literally: you are playing with fire. Fire does not care how careful you are; sooner or later it burns. To play with fire is to take a foolish, needless risk.
Exam note
इसका meaning है बेवजह या ख़तरनाक जोखिम लेना। Options में jeopardy, precarious related और 'play it safe', prudence opposite हैं।
It means to take a foolish or dangerous risk. Jeopardy and precarious are related; 'play it safe' and prudence are opposites.