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.