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  What it means

  Literally “to pour oil into the fire.” Means to add fuel to the fire — to make a bad situation worse, to inflame an already tense conflict.

  Vocabulary

  • dolewać — to pour more / to add liquid (imperfective)
  • oliwa — oil (olive oil)
  • ogień — fire

  Grammar note

  'Oliwy' is the genitive of 'oliwa' — used partitively (pouring some oil). 'Do ognia' uses the genitive after 'do'.

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