add fuel to the fire

Investors were already responding enthusiastically prior to the employment report to Nvidia’s strong earnings report late Wednesday, but the jobs figures added fuel to the fire.

“They add fuel to the fire of this city’s star power. It’s an energy, a force. It makes people want to show up.”

Lower courts have blocked the deployment there thus far, with an appeals court saying such a move would "likely to lead to civil unrest" and "only add fuel to the fire".

And the technological revolution could add fuel to the fire of economic weakness that is already putting pressure on hiring, the analysts added.

She said National Guard troops would “only add fuel to the fire.”