例句1: I tell you you'll be playing with fire if you go alone into that neighborhood at night - it's a place where almost anything can happen to you if you don't watch out.
To play with fire这个俗语不一定是指会造成肉体上的危险。它也可以用在其他方面。下面就是一个例子。这是一个人在劝他的同事不要去跟老板争辩。
例句2: Joseph, I know how you feel about not being selected for the promotion. But I think it would be playing with fire if you point out your boss's relationship with Carol who got the promotion. And besides, you don't have any proof.
我们再给大家介绍一个以fire这个字为主的习惯用语。 To fight fire with fire. 要是从字面来解释,那就是:用火来攻火,这当然是不可能的。实际上,to fight fire with fire就是用你对立面对你用的手法来对待他。也可以说是以其人之道还其人之身。下面是一个例子,这是一个参加竞选的政客在说话。
例句3: I had hoped this would be a clean campaign. But if my opponent wants to play dirty and talk about my personal life, I have no choice but to fight fire with fire and talk about some personal things we've found out about him.
例句4: Jack and Joan have been my friends for over ten years. I felt bad for Joan when Jack started to have an affair last year. But Joan's decision to fight fire with fire by having an affair herself made things much worse.