ADD FUEL TO THE FIRE- to make a bad situation worse.
Usage- I was already angry with you and when you forgot to pick me up that really ADDED FUEL TO THE FIRE.
History- thousands of years ago the famous historian Livy used this expression.
A similar expression is- fan the flames.
USAGE OF WISH- It’s used for things which are impossible or very unlikely- For example- I wish that I had a big house. ( I don’t have a big house, but it’s a nice idea.) I wish that we didn’t …
The pandemic throws the life out of gear. The huge retrenchment made the domestic budget unbalanced. The growing imbalance in between rich and poor is widening. Perhaps this traumatic phase may throw many personalities into disbalance( Imbalance). MEANING- IMBALANCE– Lack …
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ETC, AND ET AL. Mahatma Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose, Bhagat singh etc. sacrificed their lives for the freedom movement of India.Does this etc. sound respectable.? No , this small usage spoiled the respect which the sentence wanted …