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Add fuel to the fire vs Add insult to injury

Add fuel to the fire—(also: add fuel to the flames) aggravate discord, etc.; make an already bad situation even worse.

  • Now, to add fuel to the fire, new accusations have emerged over the past several weeks that could cost Ward his position.

Add insult to injurywound a person’s self-respect even further; add to the damage already done to somebody’s feelings.

  • He was an hour late and then, to add insult to injury, he spent twenty minutes on the telephone.