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Spilled oil fire
  Explanation: When the oil poured fire. Metaphor to deal with not law, but to make the situation worse.
  Usage: Partial official; as object, attribute; metaphor to deal with not law, but to make things more stringent
  Source: Ming Luo, "Three Kingdoms" 74 back: "this makes him a pioneer, is pouring oil fire also."
Oil to fight flames
  Oil to fight fire. Metaphor in the wrong way, not only does not help, the situation is more serious anti-. "Three Kingdoms" four back to the seventh: "Pound, former lieutenant Ma Chao men, forced to give up a fight Wei ... ... this makes him a pioneer in the oil is pouring out a fire." "Twenty years have witnessed the strange status quo," the eighth five back: " Here he was taking one side, while at the other side Qiang cutting, had a knock back from the doctors do not know, and gave him dry clothes strong point of the product is 'pouring oil fire fighting', I'm afraid he died unhappy nothing more. "
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No. 3
  泼油救火
  pō yóu jiù huǒ
  〖解释〗救火时用油浇洒。比喻事情处理不得法,反而使事态更严重。
  〖出处〗明·罗贯中《三国演义》第七十四回:“今使他为先锋,是泼油浇火也。”
  〖事例〗正是‘~’,恐怕他死得不快罢了。 ★清·吴趼人《二十年目睹之怪现状》第85回
  〖用法〗作宾语、定语;指处理不得法
Thesaurus
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