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Meaning of 烈火烹油

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烈 liè 火 huǒ 烹 pēng 油 yóu
to pour oil on the flames (idiom)
Example Sentences
1
Facebook
即将进行的首次公开募股是烈火烹油
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还是将标志着一场小规模的灾难即将到达高潮
?
Will an imminent Facebook IPO pour fuel onto the bonfire, or simply mark the culmination of what will prove a modest brushfire?
2
西班牙和爱尔兰的房价堪与英国匹敌
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但房地产市场烈火烹油般的高涨导致了物极必反的暴降
。
In Spain (see article) and Ireland, where price gains rivalled Britain's, heady housing-market booms have given way to bust.