Instead they appear to have thrown fuel onto the fire.
She hadn't intended to make things worse- to throw fuel on the fire.
Rain, like the thunderstorm that cracked the sky open late on Saturday, only throws fuel on the fire.
With his speech to the Landsraad, he would soon be throwing fuel on the fire.
One listen to this great single and it's obvious the song is sure to throw fuel on the fire.
As said above having the police guard the museum is throwing fuel on the fire.
She threw fuel onto the flames of the Jihad.
He might as well have thrown liquid fuel on a fire.
No point throwing more fuel on the fire.
Instead, it threw fuel on the fires of her growing unease.