单词 | to play with fire |
释义 | > as lemmasto play (also mess) with fire g. to play (also mess) with fire: to take unnecessary or foolish risks; to invite trouble. Often paired with to get burned, expressing inevitability that trouble will result from a particular action. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > be incautious [verb (intransitive)] > be rash or reckless > so as to court disaster to play (also mess) with firea1325 to ride for a fall1852 to ask for trouble1871 a1325 St. Matthew (Corpus Cambr.) 138 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 401 (MED) An hard puf him was blowe aȝen to teche him pleie wiþ fure. 1594 T. Lodge Wounds Ciuill War ii. sig. B4v Both blunt and bold but too much Mother wit; To play with fier where furie streames about, Curtall your tale fond man cut of the rest: But here I will dissemble for the best. a1652 R. Brome Eng. Moor ii. iii. 34 in Five New Playes (1659) Th'hast play'd with fire; and like a cunning fellow Bit in thy pain o'purpose to deceive Anothers tender touch. 1655 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans (ed. 2) ii. 15 I..bent to trie All gamesters that would bid. I played with fire, did counsell spurn, Made life my common stake. 1782 J. Wesley Let. 12 July (1931) VII. 129 If you play with fire, will you not be burnt sooner or later? 1876 Methodist Visitor 5 13 Another way in which persons play with fire is by associating with companions who are not what they ought to be. 1887 R. Kipling His Wedded Wife in Civil & Mil. Gaz. 25 Feb. 3/4 There is no sort of use in playing with fire, even for fun. 1907 Daily Chron. 9 Oct. 4/6 I should like to sound a note of warning, for, as one who plays with fire, he can only expect to get burnt. 1957 L. P. Hartley Hireling xix. 149 She led me on, she played with fire, but she wouldn't have me. 2000 Seminole Tribune (Florida) 3 Mar. 9 There are too many teenagers that have the wrong guidance about pregnancy. Bad idea, you mess with fire and you get burned. 2008 C. Simpson Special Operations: Dogfight 180 She was playing with fire, and we all risked getting burned. < as lemmas |
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