POUR OIL ON THE FLAME

Meaning of POUR OIL ON THE FLAME in English

make a situation worse, add problems to an already bad situation

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OIL — I Any greasy substance liquid at room temperature and insoluble in water. It may be a fixed (nonvolatile) oil, an …
Английский словарь Британика
POUR — I. ˈpō(ə)r, ˈpȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) sometimes ˈpu̇(ə)r or -u̇ə verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English pouren transitive verb 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OIL — I. ˈȯi]l dial ˈī]l, esp before pause or consonant ]əl\ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLAME — I. ˈflām noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English flaume, flambe, from Middle French flame, flamme (from Old French, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POUR — (v. t.) To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out …
Английский словарь Webster
POUR — ( v. t. ) To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POUR — — pourable , adj. — pourability , n. — pourer , n. — pouringly , adv. /pawr, pohr/ , v.t. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OIL — — oilless , adj. — oillessness , n. — oillike , adj. /oyl/ , n. 1. any of a large …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLAME — — flamer , n. — flameless , adj. — flamelike , adj. /flaym/ , n. , v. , flamed, flaming …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POUR — I. ˈpȯr verb Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. : to cause to flow in a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLAME — I. ˈflām noun Etymology: Middle English flaume, flaumbe, from Anglo-French flame (from Latin flamma ) & flambe, flamble, from Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POUR — adj poor. 2. pour ·vi to pore. 3. pour ·noun a stream, or something like a stream; a flood. 4. …
Webster English vocab
FLAME — noun a person beloved; a sweetheart. 2. flame ·noun ardor of affection; the passion of love. 3. flame ·noun to …
Webster English vocab
POUR — [pour] vb [ME] vt (14c) 1 a: to cause to flow in a stream b: to dispense from a container …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLAME — [flame] n [ME flaume, flaumbe, fr. MF flamme (fr. L flamma) & flambe, fr. OF, fr. flamble, fr. L flammula, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLAME — rapidly reacting body of gas, commonly a mixture of air and a combustible gas, that gives off heat and, usually, …
Britannica English vocabulary
POUR — / pɔː(r); NAmE / verb 1. [ vn , usually + adv. / prep. ] to make a liquid or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OIL — / ɔɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] a thick liquid that is found in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLAME — / fleɪm; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] a hot bright stream of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POUR — pour S2 W3 /pɔː $ pɔːr/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Perhaps from French dialect purer , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OIL — I. oil 1 S2 W1 /ɔɪl/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: oile , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FLAME — I. flame 1 /fleɪm/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin flamma 'flame' ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POUR — v. 1 intr. & tr. (usu. foll. by down, out, over, etc.) flow or cause to flow esp. downwards in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OIL — n. & v. --n. 1 any of various thick, viscous, usu. inflammable liquids insoluble in water but soluble in organic …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLAME — n. & v. --n. 1 a ignited gas (the fire burnt with a steady flame). b one portion of this …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POUR — v. 1 intr. & tr. (usu. foll. by down, out, over, etc.) flow or cause to flow esp. downwards in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OIL — n. & v. n. 1 any of various thick, viscous, usu. inflammable liquids insoluble in water but soluble in organic …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLAME — n. & v. n. 1 a ignited gas (the fire burnt with a steady flame). b one portion of this …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OIL — n. & v. --n. 1. any of various thick, viscous, usu. inflammable liquids insoluble in water but soluble in organic …
Oxford English vocab
FLAME — n. & v. --n. 1. a ignited gas (the fire burnt with a steady flame). b one portion of this …
Oxford English vocab
POUR — ( pours, pouring, poured) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OIL — ( oils, oiling, oiled) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Oil is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLAME — ( flames, flaming, flamed) 1. A flame is a hot bright stream of burning gas that comes from something that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POUR — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES it is pouring with rain British English , it is pouring rain American English (= …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OIL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a computer/phone/oil etc company ▪ an international oil company an energy/oil/fuel crisis ▪ There …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLAME — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a blazing/flaming row (= a very angry row ) ▪ She had a blazing …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POUR — (CAUSE TO FLOW) [verb] - to make (a substance) flow from a container, esp. into another container, by raising just …
Cambridge English vocab
OIL — n. Arabian American Oil Company crude oil castor oil plant cod liver oil essential oil Gulf Oil Corp. Millikan oil …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
POUR — Synonyms and related words : Niagara, abound, accord, administer, afford, allot, allow, award, bail, beat, bestow, bestow on, blow out, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OIL — Synonyms and related words : Barbados tar, Haliver Oil, Macassar oil, absinthe, adipose tissue, adulation, aid, alcohol, animal oils, anoint, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FLAME
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
POUR — verb ADVERB ▪ carefully ▪ quickly ▪ gradually , slowly ▪ out ▪ Helen ~ed out two stiff drinks. PREPOSITION …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FLAME — I. noun 1 hot bright stream of fire ADJECTIVE ▪ hot ▪ small ▪ bright ▪ dancing , flickering , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
POUR — INDEX: 1. to make liquid or a substance come out of a container RELATED WORDS when a liquid or a …
Longman Activator English vocab
FLAME
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
FLAME — n. 1 fire, blaze; conflagration The flame began to lick about my feet 2 passion, fervour, ardour, intensity, warmth, fire, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
OIL — Of the numerous substances, animal and vegetable, which were known to the ancients as yielding oil, the olive berry is …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
POUR — 1. гл. 1) лить(ся) Syn : flow 2) а) наливать, разливать (into) б) выливать Pour the rest of the soup …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OIL — I 1. сущ. 1) а) хим. масло (обык. минеральное) fixed oils, fatty oils ≈ жирные (нелетучие) масла volatile oils, essential …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLAME — 1. сущ. 1) а) огонь, пламя to kindle a flame ≈ воспламенять, зажигать to burst into flame ≈ загораться open …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POUR — pour.ogg 1. pɔ: n 1. 1> редк. ливень 2> нескончаемый поток pour of invective - град оскорблений 2. метал. литник …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ON — on.ogg 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OIL — oil.ogg 1. ɔıl n 1. масло ( обыкн. растительное или минеральное ) vegetable oil - растительное масло olive palm, cottonseed, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FLAME — flame.ogg 1. fleım n 1. пламя in flames - в огне, горящий, пылающий to burst /to break/ into flame(s), to …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
POUR — 1) литник 2) лить; разливать; заливать; наливать 3) отливать ( конфетную массу ) • to pour from the bottom — …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
OIL — 1) масло ( растительное, минеральное, смазочное ) 2) смазывать( маслом); промасливать 3) масляный 4) нефть ( все жидкие углеводороды, получаемые …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
FLAME — 1) пламя 2) факел • - acute flame - adiabatic flame - arc flame - balanced flame - blue flame …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
POUR — 1) литник 2) лить; разливать; заливать; наливать 3) отливать (конфетную массу) • to pour from the bottom — метал. разливать снизу; заливать снизу; разливать …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
OIL — 1) масло (растительное, минеральное, смазочное) 2) смазывать( маслом); промасливать 3) масляный 4) нефть (все жидкие углеводороды, получаемые из скважин, и конденсаты, извлекаемые из …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО

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