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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Add fuel to the flames
Question

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Add fuel to the flames

A.

On the point of dying

B.

At the slightest signal or provocation

C.

Making a bad situation even worse

D.

Performing a desirable action

Correct option is C

Option (c) is the correct meaning of the given idiom.
Given Idiom: Add fuel to the flames – to make a difficult or bad situation even worse by saying or doing something to intensify it. (आग में घी डालना)
Example: His sarcastic comment only added fuel to the flames during the heated argument.
Other related idioms and their meanings:
· Pour oil on troubled waters – to calm down a tense situation
· Fan the flames – to intensify emotions or conflict
· Rub salt in the wound – to make someone's pain worse deliberately

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