be playing with fire
be playing with fire
To be doing something that risks causing one harm, damage, or misfortune; to be doing something dangerous. They're playing with fire if they think they can get away with dodging these corporate taxes. Jen swears she's being safe when she experiments with drugs, but I think she's playing with fire.
See also: fire, play
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
be playing with fire
COMMON If you are playing with fire, you are doing something that has big risks and is likely to cause problems. Rebel MPs are playing with fire and endangering the party's re-election. Schulte warned industrial leaders that those who even think about mass layoffs are playing with fire.
See also: fire, play
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
- How does (something) grab you?
- how does that grab you
- how does...grab you?
- the easy option
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- be spitting in the wind
- be spitting in(to) the wind
- spitting in the wind
- teeter on the edge of (something)
- be on the edge of (something)