to blow the coals and variants: to stir up or increase the intensity of a feeling, conflict, etc.; esp. to excite ill feeling; to cause trouble…
| 单词 | θ134167 |
| 释义 | the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > become ardent or fervent [verb (intransitive)] > heighten intensity of passion (3) to blow the coals?a1500 to blow the coals and variants: to stir up or increase the intensity of a feeling, conflict, etc.; esp. to excite ill feeling; to cause trouble… to stir the coals1539 to stir the coals and variants: to make trouble; to incite conflict or ill feeling. Now also with of: to encourage or increase the intensity of… to fan the flame1800 In certain figurative applications of sense 1. A burning feeling or passion, esp. of love: to fan the flame: to heighten its intensity by artificial… |
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