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1 OIL
• Add not oil to the fire - Маслом огонь не заливают (M)• Oil not, neither will you spin - Не подмажешь - не поедешь (H)• Pour not oil on flame (on the fire) - Маслом огонь не заливают (M)• Spoonful of oil on the troubled waters goes farther than a quart of vinegar (A) - Ласка вернее таски (Л), Ласковое слово и буйную голову смиряет (Л)• То pour oil on the fire is not the way to quench it - Маслом огонь не заливают (M) -
2 подливать масла огонь
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3 подлить масла в огонь
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5 подливать масла в огонь
1) General subject: add oil to the flame, bring oil to the fire, pour oil on flames, precipitate a quarrel, throw oil on the on the fire, add fuel to the fire, add fuel to the flame, pour oil on the flame, fan the flames2) Set phrase: add fuel to the flames3) Makarov: pour oil on the fire, pour oil on the flames, throw oil on the fire, throw oil on the flames4) Idiomatic expression: throw the fat in the fireУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > подливать масла в огонь
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6 подливать масла в огонь
add fuel to the flame (flames, fire); pour oil on the flame (flames, fire); fan the flame (flames); throw fat in the fire; heap fuel to the flameА Коврин работал с прежним усердием и не замечал сутолоки. Любовь только подлила масла в огонь. (А. Чехов, Чёрный монах) — Kovrin meanwhile, worked with the same ardour as before, and did not notice the general commotion. Love only added fuel to the flames.
- Позволь мне увезти её под другое небо, и всё будет хорошо! - Он только подлил масла в огонь этими словами. - Вы хотите бежать? - с яростью и отчаянием вскричала Серафина. - Нет, этого не будет! (М. Горький, Сказки об Италии) — 'Permit me to take her away with me to another land and all will be well!' But he only poured oil on the flames. 'You want to run away?' cried Serafina in fury and despair. 'No, that shall never be!'
- Куда ж ты, хозяйка? Иди сюда и слушай!.. Оля покорно вернулась, села на своё место. Лицо её пылало. Старик подливал масла в огонь: - У него ещё про любовь неплохо. Про зеленоглазую одну, красивую такую. Про кого бы это он мог написать, а? (В. Тельпугов, Дыхание костра) — 'Where have you gone, hostess? Come here and listen!..' Olya obediently returned and took her place. Her face was flaming. The old man poured oil on the fire. 'The one about love is not bad either. About a green-eyed girl, a beauty. Now, who could he have written that about?'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > подливать масла в огонь
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7 подлить масла в огонь
[podlit' masia v ogon']
To add oil to the fire.
To act or speak in such a way as to increase the existing passion or excitement; to aggravate the trouble; to make a bad matter worse.
Cf. To add fuel to the fire; to pour oil on the flame. Русские фразеологизмы в картинках (русско-английский словарь) > подлить масла в огонь
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8 Маслом огонь не заливают
Never do anything that can start a conflict or make someone's anger worseVar.: Огонь маслом заливать - лишь огня прибавлятьCf: Add not fuel to flames (Am., Br.). Add not fuel to the fire (Am.). Add not oil to the fire (Br.). Butter is good for anything but to stop an oven (Br.). Pour not oil on flame (on the fire) (Br.). То pour oil on the fire is not the way to quench it (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Маслом огонь не заливают
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9 олимпийский огонь
Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > олимпийский огонь
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10 увеличивать
1) General subject: add, add to (this adds to the expense - это увеличивает расход; to add fuel to the fire, to add oil to the flame - подливать масла в огонь), aggrandize (мощь, благосостояние), amplify, augment, blow up, bump up, dilate, engross, enhance, enlarge, escalate, exaggerate, expand, greaten, heat up, heighten (ся), hop up (мощность и т.п.), increase, increment, lengthen, magnify, multiply, pad, pad out, pile up, push up, redouble, rev, scale up (что-л.), speed (выпуск продукции), speed up, stretch, swell, zoom (масштаб изображения), redund (smth), upsize2) Aviation: run up3) Naval: crown4) Colloquial: up (выпуск продукции и т.п.)5) American: pour it on (темп, разрыв в счёте)9) Mathematics: add contribute, gain speed10) Railway term: accrue11) Economy: adjust upwards, advance, integrate12) Automobile industry: intensify13) Architecture: bulk out14) Diplomatic term: mount, step a step up15) Cinema: zoom up (изображение)16) Polygraphy: blow up (изображение)17) Psychology: proliferate21) Information technology: boost22) Graphic expression: ratchet up (напр., pressure - давление on - на кого-л.)23) Transport: contribute to the increase of24) Patents: step up (напр. обороты, напряжение)26) Oil&Gas technology build up27) Polymers: raise (концентрацию)28) Automation: build30) Makarov: augment (силу, тягу, мощность), bring up, broaden, build in, build into, deepen, enhance (напр. опасность), enlarge (изображение при печати, проецировании), incr (increase), increase (число, количество), magnify (о линзе, объективе и т.п.), soup (напр., мощность двигателя), upgrade31) SAP.tech. zoom in -
11 подлить масла в огонь
1) General subject: add fuel to the flames, add oil to the fire, pour oil on flames, fuel the flame, add additional fuel to the fire2) Set phrase: add fuel to the fire (дословно: Добавлять топливо (масло) в огонь), add fuel to the fire, the fat was in the fireУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > подлить масла в огонь
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