That's like throwing gasoline on a pretentious fire.

那不是火上浇嘛。

Do not poke the bear, all right? Man, I beg you.

别再火上浇了，行吗？伙计，我求你了。

The railroads completion threw gasoline on the fire of America's westward expansion.

铁路完工给美国向西扩张火上浇。

Yes, we have 'add fuel to the fire'.

有的，我们有“火上浇”。

Venting about a bad experience is like stoking a fire.

发泄糟糕的经历就像火上浇。

Anyway, the point is, you don't can't go throwing gasoline on the fire.

总之，重点是你不能火上浇。

The White House response to the Porter revelations only made matters worse.

白宫对波特丑闻的回应可以说是火上浇。

Perfect. We'll just add it to the growing list of how everything's falling apart.

太好了，正好火上浇。

Can you not make this fear worse?

你能别火上浇了吗？

This is adding to an already fiercely contested election.

这让本已竞争激烈的选举犹如火上浇。

Just a sec. -Mum? -Don't worry. I'm not packing heat.

就一会儿。-妈妈？-别担心，我不会火上浇的。

Instead you add fuel to the fire.

相反，你会火上浇。

Anything else is throwing fuel on the fire.

别的一切都是火上浇。

Hey Rex, everyone was arguing, so I didn't want to add fuel to the fire.

嘿，雷克斯，大家都在争论，所以我不想火上浇。

It's like pouring gasoline on a fire.

这无异于火上浇。

She doesn't need to be a front-page story.

把她放在头版不是火上浇吗。

Don’t say anything, you’ll only make matters worse.

【worse】什么也别说，说了只会火上浇。

The media seems to add fuel to the flame as well.

媒体似乎也在火上浇。

By expressing your anger, you're adding more fuel to the fire.

表达愤怒就是在火上浇。

They also say language used by the president early on in the crisis didn't help either.

他们还说，总统在危机爆发前期使用的语言更是火上浇。