kaataa bensaa liekkeihin
Finnish
Etymology
Literally "to pour gasoline on flames". A modern alteration of the now-rarer form kaataa öljyä liekkeihin (“to pour oil on flames”), calquing (directly or via another language) Latin oleum camino addo (“to add oil to the furnace”).
Verb
kaataa bensaa liekkeihin
- (idiomatic) to add fuel to the fire
Conjugation
See kaataa; bensaa liekkeihin is not inflected.