火fo2上soeng6加gaa1油jau4

English

1. to add oil to the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
2. to enrage people and make matters worse
3. to exacerbate; to make an acute situation even worseunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 令問題加劇unreviewed?

Examples

• 你現在說這種話，只會火上加油。

  For you to come out and say that kind of thing now would just be pouring oil on the fire.

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• unreviewed?

  人哋鬧緊交嗰陣你仲加把口埋去，咁只會火上加油囉。

  Don't get into the quarrel of others. You will only worsen the situation.