Fuel the Fire
DEFINITION: Saying or doing something to make a bad situation worse.

EXAMPLE: "I don't understand why Carl had to fuel the fire by telling Jim's bosses that he was late last Tuesday too!"
"I just dropped off my thesis. You were so incredibly helpful in this process. I work full time and knew that I would not have time to go over 80 pages with a fine-toothed comb the way that you did. "
Name Intentionally Withheld
Graduate Student
Case Western Reserve University