'Fanning the embers' is a well-known phrase.
>>> "Fanning embers into a flame" is a common figure of speech. <<
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>It is? Not only do I not recall ever hearing or reading it, Google doesn't turn up a thing. Do you happen to remember where you encountered this common figure of speech?
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>Mike
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"When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser." - Socrates
Vita contingit, Vive cum eo. (Life Happens, Live With it.)
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." -- author unknown
"De omnibus dubitandum"
