脱口说英语口语生活习语 273、pour oil on the flame

P-14：pour oil on the flame 火上浇油

 

A:I seldom heard the quarrelling of her children.

A:我很少听见她的孩子吵架。

 

B:Why do you say that?

B:你怎么这么说？

 

A:Because her children have been the age when they seem to quarrel all day long.

A:因为她的孩子正值整天要吵架的年龄。

 

B:Oh, I see. She told me that she had learned very quickly how to pour oil on troubled waters, but not to pour oil on the flame.

B:噢，明白了。她给我说她学会了一套调停争端的本领，而不让事情更进一步的发展。

 

A:She is a clever mother.

A:她可真是个聪嘴的妈妈。

 

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