throw gasoline on the fire

throw gasoline on the fire

1. Alternative form of add fuel to the fire.
   • 2005, Andrew Kamenetzky, Fishing on the Edge: He's Not Your Father's Fisherman, Random House Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 207:

     Ish called me, laughing. “Mike, did you know we're in a fight?” We thought it was hysterical, and even joked about actually faking a fight just to throw gasoline on the fire.

   • 2012, Bil Wright, Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 165:

     So no, I wasn't going to stand there and throw gasoline on the fire by saying, “Ma, you're right. It looks like Danny hit Rosalia, no matter what she says.”

   • 2013, Jenna Black, Rogue Descendant, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 60:

     My presence was likely to throw gasoline on the fire, and though I considered Anderson a friend, of sorts, we weren't close enough to justify me sticking my nose into his marital difficulties.

   • 2014, Ben Shapiro, The People Vs. Barack Obama: The Criminal Case Against the Obama ..., Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 182:

     This is the height of racial paternalism—instead of objectively assessing the facts, the CRS was there to throw gasoline on the fire.