to make things go from bad to worse

to make things go from bad to worse

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ù x ī NJI ù Hu ǒ, which means carrying firewood to fight a fire. It refers to using the wrong method to eliminate disaster, which results in the expansion of disaster. From Han Feizi Youdu.

The origin of Idioms

"Han Feizi Youdu:" the country is in chaos and weak, and they all interpret the national law, but outside of it, they are in negative pay and fighting fire, and the chaos is even weak. "

Analysis of Idioms

The opposite is true

Idiom usage

Serial verb; predicate, attribute; derogatory. If you listen to Zhuge Liang's words and act rashly, this is also called. The 43rd chapter of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty and the Wei family in historical records: "for example, if you still hold on to your salary to put out a fire, if you don't pay enough, the fire will not go out." Pei Songzhi quoted Zhang Bo's Wu Lu of Jin Dynasty as saying: "you are still burdened with your salary to put out the fire, but nothing is more ardent."