Pour Gasoline On The Fire Meaning

(idiomatic) To worsen a conflict between people; to inflame an already tense situation.

Example: 1992, Douglas Brinkley, Dean Acheson: The Cold War Years, 1953-71, Yale University Press (1992), ISBN 0300047738, page 295:
  Instead of using the opportunity to ease the tensions between Bonn and Washington, Acheson chose to pour gasoline on the fire.
2003, Dennis Piszkiewicz, Terrorism's War with America: A History, Greenwood Press (2003), ISBN 0275979520, page 39:
  The Ayatollah Khomeini poured gasoline on the fire with his comments on the mosque seizure, which were broadcast by Iranian radio the day after the attack.
2008, E. L. Merkel, Virgins and Martyrs, Five Star (2008), ISBN 9781594146350, page 223:
  As I waited, my silence seemed to pour gasoline on the fire of Jack Reagan's irritation.