olajat önt a tűzre

Hungarian

Etymology

olaj (“oil”) +‎ -at (accusative suffix) +‎ önt (“to pour”) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ tűz (“fire”) +‎ -re (“on”, case suffix), literally “to pour oil on the fire”

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈolɒjɒtøntɒ ˈtyːzrɛ]

Verb

olajat önt a tűzre

  1. (idiomatic) to add fuel to the fire (to worsen an already bad situation)

Conjugation
  • For the verb, see önt.
  • The rest of the idiom remains unchanged.
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