Rate this phrase:1.0 / 1 vote

fan the fire

One can fan the fire in challenging situations by criticizing, rebuking or strongly disagreeing.
344 Views
“

This problem is one of emotional conflict Larry, and your demonstrations simply fan the fire of this volatile challenge.

Collection   Edit    

Submitted by WerterBuch on August 11, 2015

Translation

Find a translation for the fan the fire phrase in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Nearby phrases

Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to fan the fire

fire awayfan the flamesfan dancebaptism by firecatch firecease firefire at willbaptism by firefire escapeescape firefire offfight fire with firefire hosebaptism by fire

How to pronounce this phrase?

Discuss this fan the fire phrase with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this fan the fire definition to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "fan the fire." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 21 Dec. 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/phrase/fan-the-fire_16448>.

    Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a phrases master?

    »
    The eye of the ________.
    A scorpion
    B storm
    C thorn
    D unicorn

    Browse Phrases.com

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ