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Pour oil on the flame

Quintus Horace Flaccus

Phraseologism: Pour oil on the flame.

Meaning: To worsen an already difficult situation, to aggravate the conflict and contradictions.

Origin: From Latin: Oleum addere camino. From the 2nd book (part 3) "Satire" by the Roman poet Horace (Quintus Horace Flaccus, 65-8 BC).

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Armageddon.

Meaning:

1. End of the world. 2. Global world war, environmental or man-made disaster, the consequences of which are tantamount to the end of the world. 3. The last, decisive battle between the forces of Good and Evil.

Origin:

From the Bible. In the New Testament, in the Apocalypse (Revelation of John the Theologian, 16:16), this is (in Hebrew) the place where the last, decisive battle between the forces of God and the forces of Evil is to take place. This battle will mark the end of the world, which is described in the Apocalypse.

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