mit dem Feuer spielen
to play with fire
Türkçe: ateşle oynamak
In a sentence
Der risikofreudige Investor spielt mit dem Feuer an der Börse.
How it is used
Idiom for taking unnecessary risks, 'playing with fire.' Neutral register. Use as a warning to a colleague who is bending rules. Implies the risk is known but ignored.
Other verbs that go with Feuer
This is the choice the collocation turns on.
- Feuer legento set fire
- durchs Feuer gehen für+Akk.to go through fire for someone
- Feuer fangento catch fire
Other collocations built on spielen
- die erste Geige spielento play the leading role
- in der ersten / zweiten … Liga spielento play in the first/second league
- eine Rolle spielento play a role
- Schach spielento play chess
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