American Idioms and Expressions

Add Fuel To The Fire Idiom

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add fuel to the fire
What does add fuel to the fire mean?		 to make a problem worse, to make an angry person angrierThe company added fuel to the fire when they criticized the angry workers.
add fuel to the fire
What does add fuel to the fire mean?		 to make a problem worse, to make an angry person more angry The company added fuel to the fire when they criticized the workers.


Some Random Idioms
kickback
What does "kickback" mean?		bribe; money paid to effect an outcome
squirrel (something) away
What does "squirrel (something) away" mean?		 to hide or store somethingMy niece likes to squirrel away as much money as possible from her part-time job.
Keep it under your hat
What does "Keep it under your hat" mean?		 If you keep something under your hat, you keep it secret.
knock down the price of (something) or knock the price of (something) down
What does "knock down the price of (something) or knock the price of (something) down" mean?		 to lower the price of something I bargained hard so that I could knock down the price of the DVD player.

Tar baby
What does "Tar baby" mean?		 A tar baby is a problem that gets worse when people try to sort it out.
make free with (someone or something)
What does "make free with (someone or something)" mean?		 take advantage or use something as if it were one's ownMy roommate always makes free with my clothes which I don't like at all.
beyond a shadow of a doubt
What does "beyond a shadow of a doubt" mean?		 to be completely without doubtEveryone believed beyond a shadow of a doubt that the man had stolen the money.
lull (someone) to sleep
What does "lull (someone) to sleep" mean?		 cause someone to fall asleepThe mother spent a long time trying to lull her young baby to sleep.
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