玩出火
waan4 ceot1 fo2waan2 ceot1 fo2wán chū huǒ
English
- to describe a situation which has gone out of control when one plays with fire
- to not take something seriously (just like playing), resulting in great troubles. Literally: to play, and resulting in fire.
粵語 — Cantonese
- 因為唔認真、玩玩下而搞出問題
Examples
噉樣做係會出事㗎!盞玩出火㗎咋!
Doing it this way will lead to trouble! You're playing with fire!
叫咗你唔好噉做㗎啦!而家玩出火嘞!
I told you not to do it that way! Now we're in big trouble!
個主席諗住自己大晒,唔使聽啲會員嘅建議。而家啲會員話要佢落台,佢真係玩下玩下玩出火嘞。
The chairman thought that he calls the shots, without the need to hear the advice from the members. Now the members say they demand him to step down. He has really just been playing around and got into great trouble.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk