1. Ý Nghĩa
Fan the flames: có nghĩa là cố ý khiến một tình huống, thường là xung đột hoặc tranh cãi trở nên trầm trọng hơn, như thể đổ thêm dầu vào lửa.
Từ đồng nghĩa:
- Add fuel to the fire
- Add insult to injury
- Rub salt in the wound
2. Ví dụ/Examples
Posting that meme did not lighten the mood; it actually fanned the flames of annoyance.
If you mock his ideas, you’re just going to fan the flames of his stubbornness.
The whole situation got out of hand when someone’s prank went overboard and fanned the flames of chaos.
She acted as if ignoring the problem would somehow not fan the flames of tension.
The way Bob and Sue keep bickering during game night just totally fanned the flames of sibling rivalry.
Rather than finding common ground, their competing points of view did little to bridge their ideological gaps; they only fanned the flames.
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