pousser les feux
Meaning: To intensify effort or energy; to redouble one's exertions to achieve a goal.
Language: French
Literally: to push the fires
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: The image is of stoking a fire hotter to increase heat and cooking intensity, metaphorically applied to any intensification of effort.
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