The set phrase"carrying faggots to put out a fire"is used to mean adopting a wrongmethod to save a situation and ending up by making it worse.
成语“抱薪救火”比喻用错误的方法去消灭祸害，结果反而使祸害扩大。
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The set phrase "carrying faggots to put out a fire" is used to mean adopting a wrongmethod to save a situation and ending up by making it worse.
这个成语“负薪救火”的意思就是采用错误的方法去解救一种情况最终只会将事情搞得更糟。
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So does having a clearly defined goal and a prescriptive method make it more likely that we will misunderstand the real goal and adopt the wrongmethod?